Stirrings from the empty nest

Bees are disappearing from the planet and nobody seems to know why. But I worry about it. How will things be pollinated without bees? I'...

This is the most interesting thing in the garden these days. I bought the Spiderwort plant and put it in a container on the deck. The flower...

I've enjoyed this winter, as I've written about before, but it gets to be around the middle of February, and when the equipment truc...

I come from a long line of squirrel haters. If a scientific study were to come out tomorrow that global warming is making squirrels extinct,...

Here's some pictures from the visit to the botanical garden at Tower Hill in Boylston, Mass. I took this shot to show the dandelions. I...