As with, say, the pioneer of the hamburger, the inventor of the garden gnome has several claimants. Philipp Griebel, a trained porcelain maker who in 1874 founded a shop in the German state of ...

Summer may be long gone, but if you have some leftover tomato wire from your garden, you can use it to make a new piece of holiday decor for the winter season. Along with some pine branches, elastic ...

The rustic retreat had been on this Tulalip couple’s to-do list for five years. Now, the gnomes — and the family cat — stay dry. A garden gnome home has been on Debbie and Ed Cogswell’s to-do list for ...

In fact, his atypical attributes — a blue cap and total lack of garden tools — make this pottery gnome all the more valuable. With his sharp dress sense and smiling face, who wouldn’t invite a gnome ...

I know, I know. There’s no accounting for taste. But as Clairee Belcher said in the “Steel Magnolias” play, “The only thing that separates us from animals is our ability to accessorize.” Apologies to ...

Google tends to make surprisingly addictive games. Whether it’s the hidden T-Rex game or the Where’s Waldo? April Fool’s game, people can waste hours on these simple games, as is the case with ...