While some gardeners like to maintain planting beds containing only herbaceous perennials, I like to intersperse some small woody perennials, such as red twig dogwood, and annuals, such as ...

If Twig becomes mayor of Los Molinos, he or she will join a handful of other politically appointed pets. In the little town of Cormorant Village, Minn., a Great Pyrenees named Duke has served as ...