Category: Newsletters
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September 2026 Newsletter
There are lots of butterflies around the garden. Butterflies rarely seen at other times of the year are beginning to show up in greater numbers. Sulpher butterflies are flitting over the garden through the fall — yellow butterflies ranging in size from the large Cloudless Sulpher to the much smaller Sleepy Orange. Sulphers migrate in…
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August 2026 Newsletter
My tiny screened porch is my best “inside-out” spot. The over-planted front yard comes close to the screen. My “trifecta” of habitat trees fills the right half of the view: a pagoda dogwood, still in berry; a wax myrtle and a red cedar. Birds are always in these trees for food and shelter. The left…
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July 2026 Newsletter
It must be July — the firecracker plants – just like fireworks, are sending up bright red blooms in a graceful arc. Firecracker plant (Russelia equisetifolmis) is a hardy perennial in our area, coming back every year after the winter freezes. The light green foliage is very fine and grass-like, adding texture, movement and color…
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June 2026 Newsletter
For a while towards the end of May, it seemed like summer might gradually move in. But June 1st brought a temperature in the high eighties, and high humidity. Then a day later, we had cooler, drier conditions. Summer may be playing hide-n-seek, but it will definitely arrive! Our heat comes from our proximity to…
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May 2026 Newsletter
I know I say this every year, but there is nothing better than eating a potato right out of the garden, cooked and served at once! Like many others my age, I keep watch on the amount of carbs I consume, except for the three or four weeks that I can harvest potatoes. Soon it…