August went out with one big, wet, raging Hurrah! in our garden — a sure sign autumn is coming. All-night lightening, thunder and raging downpours hammering onto our roof and surging into leaf-clogged gutters turned the calendar page from August to September. Remnants of the storm lingered in the early September 1st morning. Streams raced through downhill… Read more »
Category: Off the Beaten Path
Odd & unusual news from the natural world
Guest Blogger & Arborist Katy on the Spiritual Side of Trees
Guest Blogger Katy on a few reasons to appreciate trees…oh to have a chance to climb a tall, tall tree and find some peace there: So, I missed the boat blogging about trees on Climate Change Day but hey, there?s really no time like the present to remind you what they are doing… Read more »
Guest Blogger and Certified Arborist Katy on Losing a Tree
Today a big tree fell in our yard. I didn’t hear it. I was simply taking some food waste to the compost and there it was in all its glory, on the ground. I have to say that my first reaction was, “Huh, I have to figure out why that happened.” My second… Read more »
The Hall of Fame Toy Any Gardener Can Give – The Stick!
This year “The Stick” made it into the Toy Hall of fame. I found out about it when my sister emailed to tell me and my Toy-guru stepmom that she’d heard it reported on NPR.org. She reminded us of my nephew’s one request when they moved to a new neighborhood recently: “Mom, its got… Read more »
Are Lawns Adding to Global Warming?
REDIRECTED From the pro-lawn camp, I often hear the argument that lawns are good for the environment because they help remove Carbon Dioxide from the environment. That they remove it may be true, but as I read today, it may turn out that the input costs in maintaining a lawn (or even worse, a… Read more »
