There is something delightfully whimsical about a hummingbird that makes them so enticing to watch. They are remarkably tiny, impressively quick, and so artistically colorful they almost seem unreal.

Getting hummingbirds to stick around your garden is all about providing a great environment. Using K-Cups to attract them with a bubbler fountain is helpful, but the first step is to provide an ample ...

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So planting fever has grabbed you, and you're heading out to your favorite nursery or thumbing through a catalog to see what's available in shrubs. Decisions, decisions. Should your shrubs offer tasty ...

Why surround your home with landscaping that is merely ornamental when it could feed you, too? Edible landscaping can be just as beautiful as traditional landscaping, replacing everything from ...

Native plants make sense. Using them in the landscape reflects how nature intended our garden to look. "They are the plants that have adapted to our growing conditions in the Willamette Valley," said ...

The first plant I taught each of my three kids to identify was poison ivy. Making sure they knew how to avoid a plant that can cause such discomfort was important to me as a parent. Although they ...

Have you noticed that more and more people seem to be interested in gardening, specifically growing their own food? We are only limited by the size of our planting area and the hardiness zone; we can ...

A bright green, gold, and hot pink hummingbird in flight, feasting on a purple stem of small flowers - Dominick/Getty Images There is something delightfully whimsical about a hummingbird that makes ...