Greensboro Birds

Now what do you suppose is in those eggs? More to the point, what do you suppose is going to come out of those eggs and eat my tree? See the pairs of green eggs at the base of each leaf? Those are all over the Yoshino cherry, I noticed this morning. Advice is welcome, [...]

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This week is landscaping lunacy at Camp GBirds, so there’s no time for birding. If it doesn’t rain this afternoon, the guy with the Bobcat will rough out the dry creek, and the tree guys will take down two more teetering Virginia pines. (“Pine” would be more accurately pronounced “pain.”) In honor of the trees, [...]

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Our Yoshino cherry tree is in bloom, and the honey bees are making the most of it. Since moving into this house last fall, we’ve planted four trees in front and seven in back—and inherited another mess of ‘em in the adjacent wooded section. Everything is in bloom rotation, with the red maples and pears [...]

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Josh brought home more trees yesterday. His new job in the plant business is doing wonders for our yard. On Tuesday, he toted home a yoshino cherry in full bloom and this eastern redbud. We planted the redbud in the front-yard space formerly occupied by my feeder, with the goal of hanging a feeder in [...]

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Of all the plants and bulbs Josh and I put in the yard last fall, of course the crocus is the first to bloom. I love crocuses. They’re totally foolproof (they make me feel like the greatest gardener ever), and you can buy huge bags of them for dirt cheap. And they naturalize, so you [...]

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