After about 10 years of chain link, we have upgraded our fences (at least a few of them) to wood.…

What is more destructive in the garden than a 90 pound boxer?   An 18 pound bulldog pup.  Meet Milo.

My grapes are wearing rubbers to protect their sweet vulnerable flesh from the depraved ravages of the birds. Standard plastic…

A derecho took out my tree.  No, I had never heard of a derecho, either, but apparently it is a…

Although this photo makes you wonder, no?  I took the photo in the Cedar Ridge farm for a handout I…

I really do love high spring.  That was all I wanted to say.

The strawberries are in.  About a quart today.  I ate my share standing in the garden, ripping their green tops…

If you look closely you can see a nest among the roses, and in that nest are four baby robins. …

I had to mark the moment: my garden looks tidy.  Not perfectly weeded or mowed, not bloomingly beautiful, but tidy. …

Peony from front bed High spring, the time of peonies, irises, and roses.  The flower bed in the front yard…