Last summer, I delighted in watching my robin friends use our raspberry bushes like runways. As one swooped in to gobble up a berry that seemed almost too big for its beak, another was departing the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There is a stretch of road near my house that is flanked on both sides by a big swampy bog, loaded with sedges and grasses in some ...

When I was young, my grandmother had a vibrant garden. Birds, butterflies, bees all converging on a small sanctuary nestled between corn fields all summer long. Hummingbirds so brazen you would need ...

“Nobody seems to consider planting winterberry shrubs,” a landscaper friend observed. What a loss! I’ve enjoyed the bright winter color of these shrubs’ persistent fruit for many years and couldn’t ...

Legend says that during the dark days around the winter solstice, ancient cultures gathered the evergreen leaves of holly with its red berries to add lightness to their homes. Celtic folklore speaks ...