Greensboro Birds

While I scour David Wagner’s Caterpillars of Eastern North America to figure out what this critter is that’s eating my Bloodgood Japanese maple, I figured I’d post it here in case the experts among us can ID it first. Found two of them on the little tree while seeing Josh off to work this morning. [...]

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We finally got a dumper of a storm—our rain gauge measured an inch and a half of rain on Wednesday! Lighting, hail, wind, the works. This is a view of our creekbed from the dry comfort of the bedroom window. (Note the tall pokeweed just behind the boulder.) Imagine the muddy mess we suffered with [...]

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The lilies were Josh’s idea. I’m never too keen on bulbs. They seem like too little bang for the effort and space in the garden. Too permanent. But if Josh is motivated to buy garden stuff, I’m certainly not going to stop him. And now that these Stargazer lilies are blooming and sending their sweet-spicy [...]

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Summer is cranked up to a crazy pitch in our garden. Everything is blooming, birds are nearly finished fledging, and butterflies are flapping around everywhere we look. This is a tiny sunflower that found itself a spot to take root next to the dry creek. Phaon crescents are almost always on it, as are tiny [...]

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What better way to start the day than finding a yellow and orange caterpillar replete with a quartet of pompoms running down its back? It’s like a fuzzy little party in the garden. This is the caterpillar of the relatively drab white-marked tussock moth. Those pompoms, technically called middorsal tufts, can range from white to [...]

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