A-Gitate

They call this the porcupine tomato plant, Solanum pyracanthum, or firethorn nightshade - you get the idea. In this unseasonably cool early ...

One can get granular in the garden sometimes. Pick up a leaf. Look at it against the sky, in the light. Take the heart-shaped leaf of the...

If you've ever spent serious time pursuing the activity of birdwatching, you will understand the excitement when a male indigo bunting,...

And the long view

It's hard to resist posting these portraits of tulips this time of the year. So here they are. And, no, for once I will not name them....

The purple version of the Fritillaria mileagris looks as if an artist took a fine sable paintbrush and meticulously dabbed dark and light ...

Portrait of a Turtle This week's cold snap has sent Pokey the Turtle, our red-eared slider, who lives in the little pond back down under...