Latest from Lynn A. Ford

Knotweed is an herbaceous, perennial plant. It grows in North America and Europe, but it is native to Korea, China, and Japan. 

A garden profile is a list of plants and varieties you grow in your garden on a regular basis.

Within a short time of moving to New Bedford, Massachusetts, I was struck by how much my neighbors could grow in a tiny yard of a triple decker.

We all know about the April 8 solar eclipse, but there's another version you can enjoy for a few months instead of a few minutes. It's the Solar Eclipse sunflower.

I always heard that it was for the farmers but I wasn’t quite sure because as a gardener, it seems backwards to me.

I never imagined I would even grow tomatoes on my patio, never mind becoming a serious gardener. At the age of 58 that all changed in dramatic fashion. I had been diagnosed with cancer in 2012. After conventional treatment failed,...