Thirty-three years after she began farming on a Brooksville plot formerly owned by back-to-the-landers Helen and Scott Nearing, Barbara Damrosch remains utterly beguiled by what she manages to coax ...

If there was ever a vegetable gardening power couple, Eliot Coleman and Barbara Damrosch would be it. Thirty years ago, I read Eliot Coleman’s classic, “The New Organic Grower” (Chelsea Green, 1989).

I recently received review copies of two new gardening books. In reading them, I discovered that while these books are similar, each representing a call to garden, they also couldn’t be more different ...

It may look like an ugly brown stick, but don’t judge salsify on its outer appearance. And don't confuse this skinny Mediterranean vegetable—enjoyed for its ornamental flower and edible root—with some ...