Taking Care of Birds in Winter
Taking Care of Birds in Winter Written by Phil Craighead What can be more cheerful than seeing a bare tree full of bright Cardinals in your backyard after a heavy snow in January? Even though this scene might make a perfect picture postcard, the birds themselves may...
What Would Fall Be Like Without Gourds?
What Would Fall Be Like Without Gourds? Written by Nancy McKenzie What would fall be like without gourds? No pumpkins for Halloween. No decorative gourds for our fall décor. No dried gourds for next year’s birdhouses and feeders. Thank goodness for our local growers...
Dividing Bearded Iris
Dividing Bearded Iris Written by Grenette Bledsoe Irises provide some of the earliest spring color in the garden, from white to purple too many other colors of the rainbow. Managed planting of individual irises, genetically programmed to bloom at different times of...