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Monday, 22 April 2013
Friday, 19 April 2013
#1 in Southern Garden Books
Tuesday morning, this happened!While the "Organic Methods..." book has been hovering in the top ten for Southern Garden Books on Amazon, this is the only time I caught it at the #1 spot. Yay! Thanks to everyone who is buying our book.I'm having a great time talking to people about organic...
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Coral honeysuckle
Our coral honeysuckles are in full bloom now -- they've been amazing as the plants have become larger (and gathered resources). It's a wonderful marker of mid-spring, arriving along with the continuing ruby-throated hummingbird migration.My past blog posts (about coral honeysuckle were more numerous...
Monday, 15 April 2013
A book review from Tallahassee
A book review from Tallahassee WritersHere's another excellent review of our book. Reviewer Jenny Crowley ends her review with this:Stibolt and Contreras have constructed a book that appeals to all who wish to grow and produce organic foods in Florida. It is also a book that will interest those who...
Sunday, 14 April 2013
Trees with shadows
view of trees from Biltmore Yesterday, the sun's angle in the late afternoon created crisp shadows -- in dark contrast to the green of newly-mown pasture. This view from the terrace at Biltmore is spectacular at any time of year, now with the soft greens of emerging leaves on the Blue Ridge mountains...
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Bird songs and spring migrants
All of our "regular" garden and backyard residents (at least the males) are singing up a storm, establishing territories for their nesting sites and to attract mates. Northern Cardinals and Northern Mockingbirds are some of the most frequent songs that I'm hearing now - along with Carolina Chickadees and Carolina Wrens. They're favorite familiar birds in our Carolina gardens and natural areas...
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Spring's in the Air
Our pinxter azalea finally is blooming.It's late this year.Normally, here in northeast Florida, our springs are too short and summer comes too soon. This year has been different. When the hummingbirds arrived a couple of weeks ago, we thought they might freeze their patooties off in the chilly...