Gardenig in Spain. Tips & Guides

Cuban oregano is one of those special plants that adds year-round beauty to your home and flavor to your dishes. Outdoors, it will grow as a perennial only in USDA Hardine

How many 10-year-old boys ask for a tree for their birthday? Ours did — he loved the fresh peaches from our neighbor’s tree so much, he wanted to be able to harvest the fruit from our own yard.How could we not oblige? And while that boy is coming up on

English or common bluebells are the flowering perennial bulbs you can find carpeting woodlands with layers of blue in Europe in the springtime. They’re steeped in folklore and history.These classic spring bloomers are suitable for cultivation in USD

If asked to picture a houseplant, what comes to mind first is likely a specimen potted up in a pretty container filled with soil.But there is an entirely different category of house

One of my favorite summer memories comes from the summer of 2012, when I spent six weeks studying Spanish in Spain with my sister. The school regularly took us on trips to popular and historically significant towns and regions in the country.On one trip to Barcelona from Valencia, we drove past field

Herbs can offer an amazing array of benefits. And winter savory is no exception.From their intense flavors and fragranc

Nearly 10 years ago, I had the pleasure of visiting Zermatt, Switzerland, a charming alpine town at the base of the Matterhorn.My traveling companions and I took a train up the mount

If you’re from the northern US like me, collard greens may not be a regular item on your dinner table.A side dish staple of the South, collard greens can mak

Have you ever visited the American South and seen Spanish moss hanging from the trees? This is Tillandsia usneoides, a type of air plant.Tillandsia are currently making bold and

Shooting up almost as quickly as one of its many nicknames, firecracker vine can grow close to 10 feet in a month, racing up trellises and fences and launching attractive red, banana-shaped flowers that gradually fade to a cream color.Properly known as Ipomoea lobata, firecracker vine is also known by

Anet Aguilar traces her passion for corn back to her grandmother.