Two flights with a layover in between and I was transported from Indianapolis in the Midwest, where Fall is lowering the temps and changing the leaf color, to Tucson in the Southwest, where it felt …
I named another garden
When the garden designer laid out the gardens a few springs ago, she described the bed around the locust tree as a "groundcover quilt". What I recall from her description is that it should be a …
Tree blooms and birds up close
Blooms of Catalpa speciosa In other news of the garden this spring, I've noticed that the early bloom phenomenon continues. Catalpa speciosa trees are blooming now with big, white ruffly blooms that …
Social Media and the Pileated Woodpecker
Tap, tap, tap. Where is that noise coming from? Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap. Is someone outside doing something in their yard this early on a Monday? Oh wait, I'm out doing stuff, actually planting a …
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Revealing birds, fairies, and letters
Some gardeners are afraid to plant large shrubs that grow wide and tall. I'm not. This Snowball Viburnum is a mass of branches and has many suckers around its base. But I leave it in its natural …
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Bluebirds and Other Visitors In My Garden
It’s been a good week in the garden, graced, even momentarily, by a pair of bluebirds. I don’t know much about birds, but I believe that there are more birds in my garden now that I’m working with a …
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