Gaia Garden

With all of the angst over politics these days, I haven't been hearing much about the "Slow" movement - Slow Food, Slow Money,...

(This post is an expansion on a Facebook post I made yesterday morning.  I wanted to share the photos I took - and add a few more comments.)...

Sometimes you just get lucky. I don't go out by the compost piles very often during the course of any average week, but I needed to ta...

When I went out with the dog, first thing this morning, I noticed a ladybug on one of my milkweeds, so I went inside and grabbed my camera t...

Reading a magazine about blogging earlier this week, I tried to remember exactly why I began Gaia Garden .  Was it simply to share the photo...

While all my friends in more northern climes are talking about goldenrod blooming, ducks and geese flying south, and the massive Painted Lad...

In my recent post on aphids and their predators , I shared photos of two types of syrphid fly larvae that I am seeing.  A few days later I w...

When I first saw this good-sized wasp, I thought it looked a lot like a cicada killer.  I couldn't get very close to it to get decent ...

My milkweeds are hopping these days.  Sadly, I've only seen one monarch caterpillar, but I am still fascinated by all the insect life t...