I love the smell of skunk in early spring. That sulfur smell tells me that the snow is melting, the sun is rising higher into the sky, and soon a carpet of wildflowers will paint the forest floor in ...

Most of us think of pansies, violas, dianthus, snapdragons and petunias to decorate our fall-through-early-spring landscape. Another nice addition to cool-season flower beds is ornamental types of ...

When you hear the name, skunk cabbage, you instinctively wrinkle your nose, thinking it smells bad. You’re so right. This first flowering plant of spring doesn’t exactly smell good. “The flowers of ...

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Spring is a few weeks away and with it comes an array of wildflowers so sweet that our winter blues melt away. We look forward to a rainbow of hues bursting from the ground, a magical show that the ...

While spring still feels like a ways away, a sign of warmer weather is coming in the form of a stinky wildflower.

Anything that is Do-It-Yourself is so much more affordable, just take a look at this! You could do this for a baby shower, a bridal shower, even a wedding. Core out the cabbage, center a mason jar and ...