Mid-summer is an especially nice time to start a garden journal. Your what-to-do-in-the-garden-today lists have shortened and everything is just so...

written by Lisa Briggs
Before their accidental importation to the United States, probably as grubs in the soil of imported iris, Japanese beetles were found only on the islands of Japan, isolated by water and kept in check by natural predators.

by Lisa Briggs
Fireflies are not flies. Nor are lightning bugs, bugs. And no one would think that a glowworm is actually a worm.

written by Lisa Briggs
Although June often ushers in a gentler garden, the kaleidoscopic colors of May might linger with us a bit longer.