MARIETTE'S BACK TO BASICS

When we purchased our lot in 1990, both of us were still 'young' enough to handle its size. Over the years, as we both age and decli...

Having  your own property with Backyard Wildlife is at times complicated... It is heartbreaking to see some 40 ducklings vanish within days,...

Having such a vast property with gardens and trees, results in having lots of birds.  Since we received our Backyard Wildlife HABITAT C...

Wintertime is the hardest period for birds to find food enough to feed on.  We have lots of provisions for the many bird varieties tha...

In our Wood Garden it is hard to keep invasive weeds at bay. We never knew this type of berries till this winter. Turns out they are th...

In our wood garden we discovered for the very first time lots of fruits on a tree we have had for many years. It appears to be a Diospyr...

Up until a week ago we still had a few of those huge double flowers on our fragrant Magnolia Grandiflora 'Namnetensis Flore Pleno...