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There's something about a Teddy Graham that lives in the memory. The crinkle of that little yellow box. The tiny bears with their arms stretched wide, like they're perpetually mid-celebration. The...

Imagine a berry that tastes like a blueberry and a raspberry decided to have a child, and that child was raised by a grape. A berry that survives winters so brutal they would kill a peach tree, a...

There's a particular kind of gardening frustration that every tomato grower knows. You did everything right. You amended the soil. You watered consistently. You staked the plants carefully and...

There's a sound that belongs to childhood. Not a song, not a voice — a sound. The soft, rapid crackling of Rice Krispies hitting cold milk. The way it starts immediately, builds for a few...

Let me tell you something about the cereal aisle. It's one of the most aggressively marketed sections of the entire grocery store. The boxes are designed by psychologists. The characters are...

The most productive garden I ever saw was on a 6-foot balcony on the third floor of an apartment building. The owner — a retired schoolteacher with no yard, no raised beds, and no formal...