You know you’ve become a southern gardener if, when traveling to Colorado in mid-April, you get in the car to drive away from the Denver airport on E470 S, look at the naked tree line and wonder why so many trees had died since your last visit in early October. It took a moment for this hort…

Writer’s Note: Thanks to the readers who caught the error in the last Blooming Issues article on hummingbirds. The correct feeding solution is 1 part sugar to 4 parts water. The figures had been mistakenly transposed.

Just last week, I heard the familiar sound of the vibrating feathers of a favorite garden visitor, the ruby-throated hummingbird. This small but beautiful bird, fondly called a hummer by bird lovers, is a voracious feeder. In its relentless quest for food, it has been conjectured that in any…

Liquid gold … the phrase presents itself as representing something valuable. It is defined by Collins English Dictionary as a suspension of finely divided gold in a vegetable oil, used chiefly for gilding ceramic ware. However, it has been used to describe olive oil (by the poet Homer), petr…

Although everyone had plenty of warning, did the sudden drop of temperatures around the freezing point in the wee hours of Sunday, March 13 seem completely unexpected considering all the warm weather we’ve had? Brunswick saw the temperature dip to 29°F, St. Simons, 32°F degrees, Jekyll, 34°F…

Recently, a leisurely boat ride took me over to Jekyll Island with a lunch stop at a local dining establishment at the marina. While waiting for the meal to arrive, I found myself staring out across the lawn towards the East River. The sky was a perfect blue and the sunlight shifted through …