Most of What You've Heard About Monarchs Is Half Right
The monarchs coming through your garden this fall don't need milkweed — they need nectar. Here's what actually helps the southbound migration, starting today.
The Perch
Observations from the garden. The kind worth keeping.
Accidental Stewardship
You probably didn't plant your zinnias for the bees. But once you learn how much your small patch of earth can do for the world, it's hard to unlearn it.
The Night We Almost Kept a Deer
Some of what a garden gives you can't be planted or harvested — like the evening a baby deer showed up in the flower bed and the children tried to keep it.
The Things I Meant to Write Down
Every October I try to take inventory of the season. I'm starting to think I've been writing down the wrong things.