Flora and Fauna: Hummingbirds

Animated Jewels of the Garden The tiny hummingbird captures our hearts with a fascination few other birds inspire. And since I have my own little anecdote to share,they rate an entire page to themselves; but as you will see, that is nothing, there are whole sites dedicated to them. A few facts for fun:Hummingbirds are highly territorial The male likes a high perch to keep an eye out for the female while...

Why A Gardener Loves Slavery To A Garden

Is there such a thing as maintenance free gardening? No. Is there such a thing as easy gardening? No. Is gardening hard physical labor? Sure is…. so why do it? Why expend all that effort? Because of love. That’s right, we are love-slaves to our gardens. It is because of the many things that a garden can satisfy within us that we gladly serve it. A closeness with the earth… there is no place...

Garden: Fail

Sometimes you can learn from garden failures, and since I have had a lot of experience with that… you can probably learn a lot from me! Sure, everyone wants to see the successes and vicariously ride the coattails of the ‘Green Thumb Wonders’. But believe me, even the best of them have had plenty of failures under their belts, and that is one great way to learn how to master gardening: learn from...