Category: Lessons

Asparagus ferns have much to offer. Their thick bottle brush shape and vibrant green color add a pop to flower beds when used as a border plant. Since they are hardy, they require less...

Have you ever noticed how the soil reacts when ignored? It becomes dry, hard, pale, unproductive… In fact, unmaintained soil often won’t even support the growth of weeds. It doesn’t get much worse than...

My husband often surprises me with a beautiful bouquet of cut spring flowers on my birthday. Trial and error have taught me that fresh water is the key to longevity where cut flowers are...

Since our property borders a creek, it isn’t easy to mow. It seems you are constantly claiming hills or racing towards valleys that were formed by nature to funnel rainfall into the creek. I’m...

The gas stations of my childhood no longer exist. Gone are the days when you pulled up to a facility, rolled the window down, and received a warm welcome from the gas station attendant....

We are blessed to have a cabin on the river. During construction we decided to leave a small buffer between the cabin and the riverfront for privacy. We came to appreciate the buffer even...

Birthed from his desire to bring beauty back to the streets of his hometown of Lagos Nigeria, sculptor Nkwocha Ernest gathers old remnants of tires and meticulously arranges the pieces into artwork. His choice...

Video games were never the focus of our son’s down time. Hunting, fishing and baseball dominated his hours out of the classroom. My great nephew, however, was the complete opposite. He spent the bulk...

When I was a little girl, my grandmother spent hours piecing and stitching quilts. Unlike modern quilters that purchase textiles to create artistic show pieces in specific color schemes, my grandmother saved every remnant...

I love watching a large school of bait fish twist and turn in what could be labeled a highly choreographed dance. But what appears to be perfect unison, is nothing more than a close-knit...