Gardening under the Florida sun

"Don't mind us, we're just passing through."

Still funny looking at six weeks old.

So many choices!!

We have Sweet Potatoes!! Evidently, the bugs and nematodes did too!

Hubby was busy, busy, busy this weekend; he built the first of three raised vegetable beds for me (thanks, honey!) and started work on the n...

My Beautyberry and Goldenrod plants are so pretty this time of year, reminding me that even though it's still so hot out, autumn is on i...

I just wanted to thank all my family and friends who have contributed to MDA this year. Because of your help and others, MDA raised over 65 ...

A little stressful this week around the house. On Thursday our little chicky Vera come down with an upper respiratory cold. And has just bee...

With the Gulf waters all churned up, it makes for a perfect time to go hunt for fossils. (We're nerds like that.) I didn't find an...

Woohoo, my little Vera is laying eggs! (As you can tell, I'm easily amused.)

The vegetable garden is awaiting work right now, so I've just been snapping pics of my flowers in bloom around the yard. This beauty is ...

This isn't quite what you would expect with a name like Rattlesnake master . At one time, people thought it treated venomous snake bites...

Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday sweet Little One, Happy Birthday to You. It doesn't seem that long ago that...

LuLu and no name buff Silkie Peanut Butter is a Japanese Bantam (buff with black tail ) Cotton is a Polish (white crested black) LuLu...

Hooray!! I was finally able to get a picture of this little one on the Scorpion's-Tail. Such a beauty!!

Wow! I can't believe the girls are already four months old. It's so fun just to sit outside and watch their goofy antics. Laverne (g...

I just love my Wild Coffee plants. I've got six planted in the shade under my oak tree and they're just thriving. I particularly lik...

This is such a pretty wildflower. I picked up the seeds last year and it wasn't until this spring that I got around to planting them. I...

We had to drive over to Palmetto on Sunday and on our way back we saw a sign for the Madira Bickel Mound Archaeological Site and decided to ...

We have new critters in the house this week. Some coquina that we brought home from the beach. And a couple tadpoles that hubby got. I like ...

My eggplants and tomatillos have been looking pretty rough lately, so I pulled them up, and as you can tell by the photos it's root-knot...

The little one and I, have been enjoying our summer so far. We've been playing at the park, going to the library for their summer readin...

This article is from the current issue of Nature Conservancy.