Gaia Garden

In my last post, Dead Wood in the Landscape , I shared the biological benefits of leaving dead wood in our gardens and landscapes.  In this ...

A dead tree is just dead, right?  It must be time to get rid of it so that the woodland can stay healthy, right? WRONG!  Dead trees, whether...

This made my day last week, when I happened to notice it during an afternoon walk!  I have heard of leaving standing dead trees for their ...

I've been nibbling away at Life in the Soil:  A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners , by James B. Nardi, for about 2 months now.  It w...

Despite having no confidence at all in my mycological knowledge and/or skills, I've been working to notice and identify various mushroom...

The more I learn about the natural relationships just in our yard, the more awestruck I am at the complexity and balance within nature.... T...