Portland's Yard Garden and Patio show was this weekend, which always signals to me the beginning of the gardening season. The display g...

One of my tulips mutated or reverted and is now yellow. And it had the audacity to produce an offshoot bulb! Part of me doesn't care,...

I think thought this was a red-breasted nuthatch but its eye stripe doesn't match what I see on the Internet . Sitta canadensis? ...

I moved the birdbath from the backyard to the driveway strip so I can see the birds playing from the kitchen window. I love watching birds i...

I did it!  The Audubon Society certified my yard as backyard habitat!  Getting this entailed a bunch of stuff ( all of it here ) includin...