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Ranch-Style Revival

Designer Brittany Fleming remodeled her fixer-upper into the perfect starter home full of wow factor.

Natural Selections: Sciurus carolinensis

Any squirrel worth its weight in peanuts knows that Bienville Square is where it’s at. Thanks to well-intentioned visitors sharing their A & M...

Where Spring Begins

I lived high up on a mountain once where spring came slow. It came creeping north from the river first, through the divide,...

Natural Selections: Solenopsis invicta

Though they are little, they are fierce. Measuring a measly one-eighth to one-quarter of an inch long, fire ants have been known...

Rooted in Tradition

Meandering along a creek-side setting near Dog River is a magical trail, cut through a forest of decades-old pines, magnolias and oaks. Becky...

Goodness and Light

Johannah and Ty Bullard’s Oakleigh home is decked in simple yet chic holiday glory, setting the tone for a heartwarming Christmas at home with their three excited little boys.

Where Winter is Robin’s Spring

If you get a chance, ask all those Michigan birds why they’re loitering in your yard and on your beaches this December. ...

The Lagniappe of November

In Birmingham and Atlanta, they’re quietly raking up the year’s gardening dreams, stuffing them into plastic bags. In the upper South, ...

Natural Selections: Carya illinoinensis

What’s more American than apple pie? The pecan, that’s what. Native Americans and Confederate soldiers brewed them. George Washington  and Thomas Jefferson planted...

The Longleaf Regeneration

A hundred years ago, it fell on Mobile and Fairhope, on Bay Minette and Citronelle, like a seventh-year gift from heaven,...

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