Wife-and-husband team Alice Longfellow and Bob Call took lessons from the businessess their parents established but built their own garden center from the ground up. By Michelle Simakis Editor’s note: Though family-owned companies are not…

Wife-and-husband team Alice Longfellow and Bob Call took lessons from the businessess their parents established but built their own garden center from the ground up. By Michelle Simakis Editor’s note: Though family-owned companies are not…
If you are looking for a plant to enhance your decorations or give as a gift and you want to avoid the usual poinsettias, you might consider a cyclamen. Cyclamen persicum is the plant you…
CHIEFTAIN PHOTO/CHRIS MCLEAN Tyler (right) and Todd (center) Waye are following in the footsteps of their father, Gary, as second-generation owners and operators of Fox Garden Supply. Family-owned businesses run on trust –and sometimes that…
This is a great time to clean the tools before spring. Diana C. Kirby for American-Statesman Central Texas, with its yo-yolike erratic weather, rarely has a serious winter. I mean a Buffalo, N.Y.; Minneapolis, Minn.;…
Homes in Welwyn Garden City have been hit by water supply problems this morning. Affinity Water say they are now repairing a burst water main on Brownfields after receiving a number of calls from residents.…
Family-owned businesses run on trust –and sometimes that means telling a customer not to buy whatever plant or product they’ve just set down next to the cash register. At Fox’s Garden Supply, that can mean…
Thames Bright Smile Community Gardens in partnership with the supported lifestyle Hauraki Trust are the 2017 Gardena Gardener of the Year winners. Two gardeners who strived to create the most inclusive community garden in New…
Whether it means getting stuck in down the gym or searching for a new job, every New Year brings with it a fresh wave of enthusiasm to get stuff done. [Read more: 17 planters that will…
Indoor gardening – ©THE GUARDIAN – Mark Cullen We’re not quite ready to admit that the Canadian gardening season is “over”. In fact, we belong to a growing number of gardeners who are getting their…
Top crop: Once they get going, beans will provide an almost-daily bounty. OF ALL THE summer vegetables, beans are among the easiest to grow because they love a warm-soil start. Production, even in a small…