Shibori tie-dyeing in Arimatsu dates to early in the Edo period (1603-1867), when the craft was devised as an industry in a village poor for growing crops.

Ready to jazz up your shade garden? Try a colorful ground-covering flower that pollinators can't resist while bringing life ...

Known botanically as Echinacea (yes, as in the herbal tea), coneflowers hail largely from the tall-grass prairies of central ...

Keep in mind that you don't necessarily need chemical pesticides to keep wasps away. Try planting these wasp-repellent plants ...

The day that I arrived in Montana was my 80th birthday. We had already celebrated it at the Red Lobster in Davenport before I ...

Moles may be cute but they won't seem as appealing if they're tearing apart your thoughtfully curated flowerbeds. As they dig ...

For a truly unique winter experience, try “snow golf” at Wasatch Mountain State Park, where the white stuff becomes both hazard and fairway in this unusual winter adaptation of the summer sport.