The magical Earth Day event at Zonolite Park organized by hosts Steph Johnson and Josh Wayne raised awareness about protecting the...

I’m sharing the following lengthy and raw personal journey post in the context of helping others who want to help repair our natural world reflect more carefully on where and how to spend their energy. I promise I tie this up with hopefully helpful advice at the end! Almost two summers ago when we were all still living through the pandemic, Leslie Inman of the popular Pollinator Friendly Yards on Facebook invited me to join her at a start-up meeting for a new native plant s

The woodland restoration efforts at Zonolite Park can be summed up in four words - remove invasives, plant natives. Many native edibles...

At the end of February, the when the red-winged blackbirds migrate North, their raucous noise is replaced by the gurgling murmur of a...

I recently watched a small flock of hungry cedar waxwings eat what berries (drupes) previous birds missed on my now blooming Carolina...

We pulled into our driveway from an outing and there was a mother with her 7-or 8-year-old daughter at our front door. The little girl...

I often go outside to work in my yard with a plan of action yet end up doing something completely different. Recently, my idea was to...

One of the main lessons in my daily guided meditation is how our suffering comes from not being able to align our inner expectations with...

I thought crossvine (Bignonia capreolata) was indestructible. It climbs by tendrils then attaches to trees with even more with roots to...