Tag: Outdoors
Gardener Variety
All along the curving shoreline of Baldwin County, through the fertile rolling farmlands, in the charming downtowns and thriving individual gardens, more than 180 master gardeners...
Our Wild Pet Rooster
Late winter on the Bay is wet and windy and cold. I recall staring out the front windows, watching waves crash against the bulkhead and raindrops roll down...
Under the Azalea Bush
Your mother and I have been talking. And we decided it was time you understood something very important about, well, you know, where you came from,...
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 treats, the fearless, ...
Where Spring Begins
IÂ lived high up on a mountain once where spring came slow. It came creeping north from the river first, through the divide, climbing slowly up each...
Good Ole Lucy
Zeddie Armstrong wanted a bird dog. Specifically a German Shorthaired Pointer from Spencer Bach. When he went to select his puppy, Lucy didn’t draw his attention. He chose...
Head in the Clouds
Find a spot, if you must, for that live oak or crepe myrtle. Add a few green bushes so the neighbors won’t talk. But the first...
Natural Selections: Trichechus manatus
These smart, sleepy and curious creatures are the happiest 1, 000 pounds you’ll ever see. Watch out for them on the Gulf, as they’re liable to swim...
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. You might look down your...
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, frosts fall hard in November,...
