Gaia Garden

Probably the hardest lesson I've learned in gardening here is to tolerate the uglies caused by blister beetles. Our vegetable garden w...

I think one of the most important concepts in healthy gardening is also one of the simplest.  Do YOU always look camera-ready??!  I highly s...

Have you ever run across a little mud pot, perfectly formed, about the size of a small marble, stuck to a twig or a rock or something else r...

I've been cleaning out old files recently and I ran across an article from February 1, 1990, that I had pulled out of Family Circle mag...

I'm starting the process of going through the photos from 2014, the ones that I didn't have time to edit or identify during gardenin...

Do you keep a yard list of the birds you see each year? We do.  We've found it's a fun way to keep our eyes peeled for the unusual...

From grasshopper-eating turtles to omnipresent praying mantises, there were so many interesting sightings in the yard and gardens this year ...

How should I sum up my last year in this blog?  I've been obsessing about this for several days now.  I want to share a couple exception...

When I was 9 or 10, my Uncle Ted came to the States after a couple years in Africa, where he had served with the Peace Corps.  He stayed wit...

Today is December 27, 2014.  There are four days left until the new year is upon us...and I'm actually remembering to start a project th...

In walking through the Eglin Air Force Base Recreational Area last week, I found a plant I'd never seen before - a goldenrod that was re...

'Tis the season to talk about reindeer, so it seems appropriate to share about the reindeer moss I saw in the Florida panhandle last wee...