July 2010 « Get in the Garden

May is Wildflower Month May 17, 2012
May is underway, the month that is the bridge between Spring & Summer. In the Santa Monica Mountains, it is a month of vibrant color. The hillsides are bejeweled in blooms of yellow, orange, pink, white, purple & blue. Flowers are strewn from here to there, seemingly at random, as if at the whim […]
Kathy Vilim
The Wildlife Pond at Mount Cuba Center May 16, 2012
I was thrilled to be invited to visit Mount Cuba Center last week, to interview some of the staff, and spend several delightful hours wandering around with my camera collecting images of this beautiful place, which is devoted to preserving the native plants of the Piedmont region. Mount Cuba Center is a 600 acre preserve […]
Carole Sevilla Brown
My Garden’s Carbon Footprint May 15, 2012
“It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.” ~Seneca With spring we turn our attention in earnest to our gardens. And this year as Earth Day loomed, I also turned my attention to what I was doing to be more environmentally conscious and earth friendly […]
Donna Donabella
Build-A-Wetland May 14, 2012
So I had my driveway re-done a few weeks ago, as I believe I mentioned, and as I was planting in the newly cleared space, it chanced to rain. And I discovered that while most of the area was pretty much exactly as it had been, there was a large section that now, as soon […]
Ursula Vernon
A Tale of Quail May 11, 2012
Just when I think I’ve run out of critters that will come to visit, someone new shows up. Wednesday we had some much-needed rain and the storm was ending. I glanced out the window that overlooks the backyard and I spotted a bird taking shelter under a wax myrtle. At first glance I thought it […]
Loret T. Setters

Wordless Wednesday: Some Like It Hot

In summer, the song sings itself.

~William Carlos Williams

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Seed GROW Project: Spitfire-works in July!

They finally bloomed!!!!!

My hopes were dashed last month when my Spitfire blooms were far behind schedule compared to the other nasturtiums that had reseeded in my garden from last year. This month they have surprised me by blooming their bright orange hearts out and I couldn’t be [...]

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Letchworth State Park, NY

Our family has been making annual treks to visit Letchworth State Park for almost 25 years. Nicknamed the Grand Canyon of the East it has never failed to stun with its majestic views of the Genesee River gorge and three separate waterfall areas. The park is magnificent filled with trees, native plants, stone structures and [...]

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