It's Not Work, It's Gardening!

This is the deer that wanders around our neighborhood during the day, almost fearlessly. She is either quite bold, or has very poor e...

It's summer in St. Louis, which means hot, humid (usually), and overall just lazy. It's not just me -- it's the ungulates t...

We all love visitors to our gardens, right? We want them to be comfortable, feel at ease, enjoy their visits. Well, not always. Sometim...

Last Sunday my wife and I got a little surprise when we walked out onto the deck: Yep, it's fawn season again!

"That kale was delicious!" is what was said in my house recently. Well, not in the house exactly. Near the house. And not by...

If you've read my blog for a while you know that deer (and other animals) visit my garden regularly. (In fact, deer probably spend more ...

This is my driveway behind the house, as seen from the bedroom window. It's the messiest part of the space because it's where plants...

It's fawn season, so I'm not too surprised when I spot one in the garden or in a neighbor's yard. I am surprised when one ...

Yesterday I saw something that disturbed me: a very young fawn running around the front yard! It was probably a week old at most. I was...

Time again for collected snippets. It's not Autumn now, it's not! At least the weather agrees with me on that, as it will be 90ºF (3...

I've had a few problems in the garden recently. I know we all do, as summertime is often rough on our plants, at least when compared to ...

One of the disadvantages of having a garden full of wildlife is the "wild" part. They just don't seem to understand the limits...

What do you do when you see a field of clover on a cool, early summer day? Well...

I have a confession to make. Something, as a gardener, that is difficult to admit. I love rabbits! Not only that...

I've been checking the garden every morning for additional fawns like the one from the other day . Yesterday morning I found one: I...

It's the time of the year when every morning's trip into your deer-visited garden might be extra-exciting... ...when mother dee...

After being away from the garden for a few days (which in spring seems like a few weeks), this is the first thing I saw from the bedroom win...

I've mentioned how my summer's crop of edibles was ruined by the deer finally deciding that my garden fence was worth jumping over. ...

Like many gardeners, I deal with deer on an almost daily basis. I say "almost" because sometimes I don't notice any damage tha...

One of my favorite things about having snow on the ground is being able to see the tracks of whatever creatures visit. When I first moved he...