Gaia Garden

There has been a sad news story that has garnered national attention and an outpouring of generosity lately: the plight of over 100 pit bul...

Have you ever heard of a cat who is addicted to electrical shocks? I think we may have one. Our six month old kitten, Ranger, has developed ...

Several weeks ago, I was talking with a couple friends about Studs Terkel, the author whose specialty was to interview people from all walks...

I took my two canine walking buddies, Becker and Sunny, out back through the pasture late this afternoon. It was a gray afternoon, but the ...

Back in early August, I read a particularly intriguing post on Musement Park, one of the blogs I enjoy looking in on when I get a few minut...

Now that most of the leaves are gone from the trees and the cold weather is creeping in, I'm noticing a return of the major winter preda...

One of my favorite wintertime activities is feeding the birds. I feed year 'round, but the birds use the feeders more and are more visi...

Before I shelve My Antonia , I have to comment on something I found deeply disturbing, a symptom of how disconnected our culture is becoming...

I read My Antonia many, many years ago. I wasn't impressed. The very likeable hero and heroine didn't get together, for reasons m...

During this recent growing season, I've tried to keep track of the species that I've identified growing throughout our entire 10 acr...

Before I quit posting for the day, I want to recommend a great book for anyone who wants to learn more about insects - or for anyone who gar...

The last insects that I'm going to highlight from my "aster collection" are a pair of bees that are often mistaken for each ot...

Syrphid flower flies, jet-winged skippers, little bees with full pollen loads, graceful painted ladies, even black and yellow garden spiders...

Continuing on with my enjoyment of all the insect life drawn to my aromatic asters ( Aster oblongifolius ) this fall, the most obvious insec...

The asters have been beautiful in my front garden this year. First the New England asters ( Aster novae-angliae ) bloomed, joined soon after...

As I write, the ground is covered in silvery frost, the green leaves of the perennials are looking bruised, and the water in the buckets is ...

Normally I seek out sunlight and green, growing things, but every once in a while circumstances take me in the opposite direction. Today was...

We left for a weekend trip to San Antonio last weekend and were gone for 4 days. It was late summer when we left...and fall when we returned...

On Monday night Prairiewolf and I had the opportunity to attend a talk given by Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our...

Not that there was much battle about it. Charlotte won, "hands" down! The wheel bug was still alive and literally kicking when I ...