Using Georgia Native Plants

As I get to know our new space, I am using this winter to think about how I want to deal with deer this time. As I wrote earlier , getting t...

Plants can have beauty in all seasons and the formation of seeds in the fall is one of my favorite phases. After a cold night earlier this w...

Exploring a new space is exciting. I wrote earlier about tackling our new space in Jackson County and I detailed some of the invasive plant...

It has been a delight to discover that our new property has a population of common walkingsticks, an herbivore insect that has been uncommon...

  Hophornbeam ( Ostrya virginiana ) I am enjoying our new place and take delight in discovering what is here. Hophornbeam ( Ostrya virginia...

Yellow crownbeard ( Verbesina occidentalis ) is having a moment! Since my last post in August we have moved to Jackson County, and I've ...

A break in the awful early summer heat allowed me to do a bit of work in the garden this week. I noticed that my Rome hawthorn was looking a...