Feeding the birds can be good for them and entertaining for you. Learn about good bird feeders and making your yard a friendly bird habitat. Should We Provide Food for Wild Birds? Did you know more than 40% of Americans regularly feed birds? But there has been controversy whether that is a good thing or […]
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Canadian Thistles, Are They the Bane of your Garden?
I don’t know anyone who says they like this plant. We all call it a weed, and doggedly work to eradicate it from our yards. That has been one of my occupations of late, and I find there is something of an art to ridding the garden of Cirsium arvense, as horticultural Latin nomenclature labels […]
Spring is Springing Here
“Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it which reaches and towers.” -James Russell Lowell Out and about in the garden, and things, though late, and a little worse for wear with the late frosty weather, are popping. The winter honeysuckle finally put out some bloom, and the quince is flowering now, […]
Considering Birds
Usually, garden writers talk about the birds during the fall and winter- discussing bird food, etc. Spring proves to be a good time to to think about planting shrubs and trees, so it is useful to include some information on plantings friendly to birdlife when considering what new plants to put into the general landscape […]
