In the dim pre-dawn light, I was making my morning trek to retrieve the morning newspaper, when my attention was pulled to a pain-like screeching coming from the garden. It wasn’t hard to follow the noise, which turned out to be a hungry praying mantis, squeezing the life from a still struggling cicada, who’d found
Snackin’ in the garden Read More »
Our annual Summer Clearance Sale is now underway. With summer inventory complete, we’ve found some of the coolest plants didn’t sell in the numbers that we’d hoped, so we’re left with extra inventory. Quantities are limited. Sale ends July 3 and plants must be scheduled by July 5 for shipment or pickup. Shop now!
2016 Summer Sale – Save 20% On Nearly 100 Plants Read More »
We hope you’re all having a great day in the garden. Regardless, we hope you’ll take time to laugh and smile every day.
A new twist on an old garden concept Read More »
There’s so much going on in the garden now, it’s hard to know where to start. The ferns are looking fabulous, and one of our favorites is the native Dryopteris x australis. Yes, “australis” means from the south. This 3-4′ tall fern grows well in moist or fairly dry soils. Here’s the clump
Favorites from this week in garden. Read More »
We love our color-changing, native Carolina anoles. He are some recent photos from the garden. Hello…need some auto insurance. Just kidding! I’m looking for a mate…are you a mate? That’s more my speed…love in the afternoon…at Juniper Level Botanic Garden.
After finishing a recent lunch, I headed outside on the porch to fill our bird feeders. Normally, all the birds instinctively retreat to a safe distance, awaiting their new snack, but something was different this day. A solitary house finch remained, seemingly oblivious as I re-filled the feeder. Why, I wondered, did it not
Jasper and Henry playing hide and seek in the garden this week. Jasper and Henry engaging in some brotherly tussling. After break, it’s back to work for Henry, whose finally mastered using a laptop cursor after eating his mouse.
Jasper and Henry – Time for play and work Read More »
