Lordy, lordy I got trees on my forty! Don’t most of us? I love my trees and they are beneficial in many ways by sav­ing energy and cleaning the air that we breathe. They can be a focal point in our landscape and give us flowers in the spring and brilliant colors in the fall. They provid…

It’s late spring already and just imagine one morning wandering around your garden enjoying your beautiful flowers with a cool drink in hand.  You can hear the birds singing, feel a gentle breeze, and maybe even a sprinkle or two of rain…a garden moment.  Then you see something …

I’m in love with box turtles.  Are you in love, too?  Well, probably so for there is something endearing about the box turtle.  When I was young, we were surrounded by woods and meadows, the primary habitat for turtles  It was fun to identify a yellow-belly from a speckl…

One of my favorite summer things to do is sitting on our back deck and listening to the sounds of nature.  There was a time, when I first arrived in South Carolina, that the noises of the night were downright intimidating.  Our first year here must have been the coming of the cicada, sc…