Country Gardener

Crocus in bloom on this day a year ago I've never been one to keep a garden diary in book form, but the great thing about blogging and d...

Gypsy moth egg masses on a young maple in my neighborhood A few weeks ago I put an article about gypsy moth caterpillars up on my gardening...

Coyote foraging for crabapple berries Around supper time this evening, my husband looked out the window, and said, "Isn't that a co...

The creek today: the flooding usually lasts just a day Amazingly, yesterday we hardly saw a bird. Then today, we had flocks of birds on th...

T.S. Eliot wrote: April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spri...

This year Canada Blooms theme is 'Flower Power', with psychedelic '60s theme and lots of emphasis on what they call "the ec...

Gotta hand it to Canada Post once again. Last year they issued gorgeous lilac stamps , and now they have lucious peony stamps on offer. They...

So where are the snowdrops? About four feet under, to the left of the bench. We had an absolutely gorgeous hoarfrost morning which lasted a ...

Today's snowdrift in front of our hoophouse We tend to get our hopes up for an early spring when the calendar hits March, and the past f...

The boys of winter: my Toby, the white one, and our neighbor's dog, Buddy, are so joyful on snow-days, it's infectious. The closer w...