Ants-in-the-Pants Not a Fun Game

Yesterday while removing spring/summer blooming plants in a raised bed, I found a little more than dying plants. Recent rains encouraged fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) to look for higher ground. Raised bed = water-free home. Think of a beach house on stilts. Part of the mound fell from the root ball of a plant onto the leg…

Garden gypsies love change!

We've moved. Again. For the last time. Again. People ask "how can you leave your gorgeous garden?" Those people don't know me. I'm a garden gypsy. When I get close to being finished, it is time to move on and find a new challenge. It's difficult to see things objectively with your own child. Someone says "oh,…