Barbara Murphy

Early spring bulbs are an underutilized superpower in your garden. They are hardy and resilient, tolerating cold temperatures and dry conditions, and disappear a few weeks later providing space for summer flowers to bloom.

The loss of monarchs and their spectacular migration would be a tragedy but the cause of their decline is still debated

Fifteen years ago, I crawled out to the middle of a ledge on the slopes of Cascade Mountain to reach a stubborn skinny tree with a yellow...