Andrew over at Garden Smackdown has challenged garden bloggers to list what native plants we grow in his Play Natives Forward. Of course I love this idea, and think it is a great way for us to take a mini-inventory of natives vs non-natives on our own properties. I am dividing my list into two [...]

Today I am loving the Sweetgum trees on the back of my property. This native tree has been given a bad rap and is considered a “trash tree”. I disagree. I look out from my deck, after we have had frosts and most of the other deciduous trees have lost their leaves, and see my [...]

The hemlock is a favorite of mine. It is a stunning, graceful tree with it’s sweeping branches and has a lot going for it in the wildlife garden. They are evergreen and provide nesting sites for birds, in particular several species of warblers, a bird which can use all of the help we can give [...]