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Rookie mistakes and a cruel growing season had some new gardeners wanting to throw in the trowel. But experienced gardeners say early spring is the perfect time to correct last year's problems.Read More Share

Entrepreneur-biologist J. Craig Venter has renovated a 5,000 square-foot home in La Jolla with plenty of room for his "toys and joys."Read More Share

Homes looking out on famous landmarks in New york, Seattle, and Virginia.Read More Share

Most Americans tidy their refrigerators only once or twice a year, so manufacturers are unveiling new technologies to help combat the mess.Read More Share

A collector has turned his 850-square-foot New York apartment into an homage to premodern cooking.Read More Share

Three homes that capitalize on river frontage in Idaho, Texas and New Jersey.Read More Share

The Henry Nehrling Society hopes to restore the rundown Palm Cottage Gardens, which is still redolent of "Old Florida," with some of the most historic grounds in American horticulture. Read More Share

Homes within day-trip distance of serious climbs in Washington, California, and Oregon.Read More Share

Snow, ice, barren trees? These frigid months are the ideal time to prune hedges, plant seeds and compost leaves to make a garden bloom in spring.Read More Share

The green building movement is targeting a goal once thought virtually unattainable: zero net energy use.Read More Share