While I delight in this time of year, when the earth warms more and more by the day, and the much-missed green comes out in full force, I lament to inform you (those…
The hubris I have experienced in believing I could contain the yard weeds -- by dint of labor and pulling them by the roots, a few focused chemical applications and sheer determination --…
If you haven't yet discovered the show, The Americas on NBC, treat yourself!
Exquisite photography, storytelling, music.
Phenomenal insights into nature. Beautifully told, shown, shared.
This is not your mother's National Geographic show, or if…
I know it’s crazy cold out now and being outside gardening probably isn’t high on your list. Still, spring is but a month away, and now is the time many a gardener start…
Here's an article I wrote for a local gardening newsletter.
Beyond Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
As you’re finishing up your spring garden plans with vegetables a-plenty on your mind, consider creating some space…
Yet another reason to love living in Maryland!
Maryland is a cult, not a state. (That's the name of a FB group, and I rather like it.)
Kudos to the creator (lower case C).
I had heard some time ago that old mountains (and in mountain years, that's a lot of years, centuries, millennia and aeons) are lower in elevation, eroded and rounded while new mountains tend…
For those concerned and/or interested, you can count the Columbia Newburns in for having killed at least 50 adult spotted lantern flies -- a prolific breeder and invasive-as-heck bug -- in the last…
I don't know where your domicile resides, nor the specifics of its elevation, whether you have western-facing exterior walls, or whatever other details are relevant to your home's location.
BUT, over where I live…
This is a rather after-the-event post, but, my goodness! Did anyone else in the area see the lightning show Monday night? TEAL! Pink! Blues, of course. But much teal! Lots and lots…
Now, that's a proper start to a Maryland spring: rain, rain, rain, rain, rain.
I love seasons, seasonal change and the cycles of nature.
These past few days following February 2 and the midpoint between winter and spring have been lovely.
There's a SOUND to the post-Feb-2nd air: The…