butterflies

While most folks think that spring is the time of year for butterflies, it really is the late summer and early fall that butterfly season…and perennial season—no surprising coincidence… reaches its peak. This is the time of year when we start to see an abundance of butterflies and their caterpillars feeding happily as they start […]

Sometimes gardening sounds so difficult and the amount of information can be daunting. It can make your head swim and cause an acute case of analysis paralysis. Ever feel that way? Think about it, when someone can write a whole book on just one gardening topic, then it must be a really difficult and complicated hobby. Right? One whole book on […]

No, this is not some sort of joke or craft idea for Easter. I’m simply not that clever. I thought it would be interesting to take a look at butterfly eggs. With all the fuss right now about planting milkweed for the monarchs, you should know what a butterfly egg looks like when you spot one […]

I’m going to put a bit of a twist on Wordless Wednesdays. (It’s the rebel in me!) We all know that we protect–fiercely–what we love. And we only love what we know. So I am setting forth a challenge. One day a week, spend some time outdoors observing. Look closely at the large and the […]