I live in the city and I want chickens. Not for dinner, but in my backyard. I live in a small mid-western city that does not allow the backyard birds. I am hoping to change this soon. I have oodles of friends who live outside the city limits and are enjoying their feathered friends. Not […]
By late July, most people are over their gardening frenzy for the year. According to a friend of my husband who manages a local greenhouse, most plants are purchased before Mother’s Day. The peak being Mother’s Day itself, then it slowly tapers off until the July 4th holiday. After that, people are pretty set until […]
Today in my garden while watering, I came across this big guy attached to the underside of a leaf near the top of one of my tomato plants. I had never seen this creature before. I thought it could be a monarch butterfly caterpillar, but it seemed too big and not stripey enough. I posted […]
It all started at the local nature center’s Earth Day Celebration. I stopped by the local beekeepers association display table and was asked the fateful question, “Would you like to keep bees?” Me? Yes! I said, “Yes,” and that was that. I knew that the city I lived in had just passed an ordinance allowing […]