My Carolina Yard

Goldenrod I hear people blaming Goldenrod for their allergies all the time. I used to do the same. In fact I was on a trip to Atlanta, ...

Echinacea When asked which is your favorite season in the garden I say fall! I know it seems like it should be spring when everything ...

Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird on Pineapple sage If you haven't gardened for Hummingbirds yet this year it may not be to late to...

This is the time of year is when we start seeing Webworm around the Lowcountry. Webworms invade trees in the fall (late summer in o...

Why would you want to have more toads in your yard? We are in the middle of summer and in the height of bug season! My yard has seen a...

There is hardly a gardener out there who hasn't encountered a Japanese beetle. The adult Japanese beetle is a shiny, metallic g...

As I was riding my bike through the neighborhood this evening I rode past a house that used to have a beautiful Centipede lawn. In fact it m...

Once upon a time I had over 30 roses in my yard in the house on Carol Dr., in Melbourne, FL. Then I became involved in Little League, Youth ...

hyacinths - a bulbous plant of the lily family, with strap-like leaves and a compact spike of bell-shaped fragrant flowers. Native to w...

Here are some of my early spring gardening chores. Living in  Coastal  Carolina springs comes early often in mid to late February! Of course...