All across Alabama, our yards, at least for those who don't use weedkiller, are blushing pink with a Latin American beauty. Pink wood sorrel, native to South America, arrived in the south around the ...

Yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta) proves that not all dainty flowers in the garden are darlings. Also known as sour grass, juicy fruit or pickle plant, yellow wood sorrel is a quickly spreading weed ...

The leaves look like clover but the flowers tell a different tale— and then they explode. Mike McGrath, host of You Bet Your Garden, will try and help overcome the sorrows of wood sorrel. Plus: a ...

Southeast Asian Flavors Robert Danhi, Mortar & Press, $45, 399 pages In a nutshell: What a gem! Danhi's love for the foods and people of Southeast Asia are palpable on every page. If you can't hop a ...

Oxalis, the kind with the tiny yellow flowers, is taking over my beds, borders and yard. I’m ready to take drastic measures to get rid of it, at least in my borders. Can I use RoundUp on it in the ...

I walk through the Saturday farmers market near my home in Brooklyn, N.Y. A heap of beautiful French sorrel leaves for sale catches my eye. Their pleasantly sour, lemony flavor is so good with seafood ...

My little balcony garden often looks like a wild mess, especially after the rains. It’s all part of an experiment, I assure people who visit, to the accompaniment of eyerolls and ‘yeah right’ ...

It was a modest summer rental, the kind Ronna recalled from girlhood trips to Maine or Vermont or the Finger Lakes, set in a small clearing on a thickly wooded mountainside, peacefully out of sight of ...