Animals like squirrels, chipmunks, and deer often thwart gardeners' efforts by digging up or eating flowering bulbs. To deter digging pests, gardeners can use chicken wire, plant more bulbs than ...

Question: Yesterday, I found three deep, very round holes dug about 6 inches apart at the edge of my raised garden where I have had tulips planted for years. Dirt was kicked out, and baby tulip bulbs ...

MOUNT VERNON — Participants gathered under sunny skies on Saturday to dig up leftover tulip bulbs from the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. Tulip Valley Farms hosts Dig Day each year for visitors to mine ...

I remember singing, "Grey squirrel, grey squirrel, shake your bushy tail. Wrinkle up your little nose, hold a nut between your toes," as a child with joy. Homeownership put an end to that as grey ...

Years ago when our son was just a tot, my wife organized an Easter egg hunt for the neighborhood kids. She dutifully filled a bunch of those brightly colored plastic eggs, each with a coin or two or a ...