5 Things to Know Before You Plant Your First Garden, According to 'Homegrown' 's Jamila Norman

Edible backyard gardens started sprouting across the country in 2020 as COVID-19 kept people at home and on the hunt for new (and healthy) hobbies. Jamila Norman, the founder of Patchwork City Farms in Atlanta saw it first hand.“Interest has gone through the roof. People who were like, ‘I’ve always wanted to have a garden, but I just never had time,’ well, now they’re home with nothing but time,” she says.

5 Things to Watch Out for During the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee

Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty A big change at theScripps National Spelling Beethis week brings to mind some wise words: “If you’re tired and you walk into a roomful of kids, your energy is brought up to their level.” That is, yes, former first daughter andTodayshow correspondent Jenna Bush Hager discussing being a former teacher in an interview withGood Housekeeping, but it also applies to the starkest difference between the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee and its predecessors.

5 Things You Can Do Right Now to Reduce Stress

You don’t have to be a yoga girl to quiet your mind during the day — but it doesn’t hurt to take some advice from someone who is. Meet Rachel Brathen, an Aruba-based yoga instructor who has amassed more than a million followers onInstagramwith her inspirational (and enviable) images of pretty poses and Caribbean calm. Of course, Brathen’s life wasn’t always as zen as it is today. While meditation and yoga have been key to finding inner peace, the Swedish native says that without focusing on the now, yoga is simply aerobics or stretching: “I love how the whole practice is designed to take you away from the stress of the mind.

5 Things You Missed: Kate Middleton's Growing Baby Bump, Who's Partying Through the Super Bowl and the Cutest Game this Weekend

Photo: Keith Barraclough/Animal Planet; Erika Goldring/Getty; Top Star Pictures There’s plenty of action on the Super Bowl field as the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers go for the year’s biggest football win. But there was no shortage of comparatively exciting activity on the sidelines. Whether you’re throwing back beer and chicken wings … or just waiting around forBeyoncé‘s highly anticipatedhalftime show, we invite fans from both sides to root on this weekend’s most valuable players.

5 Things You Missed: Which Spears Is Engaged Again & Who's Wearing Pumps with Her Baby Bump?

Photo: Courtesy of Jamie Lynn Spears; Masatoshi Okauchi/Rex USA; Splash News Online Who had the better weekend? You decide. Here’s what you missed: Talk about family bonding: Things were not looking up forModern Familycast members Eric Stonestreet, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Julie Bowen, who spent an hour trapped in an elevator at the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center. The trio were in town to headline a fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City.