Author: Mary Ann

My mother has fed dozens of greedy hummingbirds from her back porch every summer for years.   She makes her own hummingbird food from sugar and

When I visited St. Louis this past summer, I, as I usually do on my travels, looked for gardens.  My sister, Susan, has a neighbor

 In the garden, I’ve been busy with late summer chores and some late summer discoveries. The first chicken has begun her molt before winter, and

…and I finally found the latest egg hiding place!  I’ve been allowing the chickens to roam in the vegetable garden adjacent to their chicken pen

On a trip to St. Louis, we visited the Missouri Botanical Garden.  It’s a 79 acre garden in the middle of St. Louis, and it’s the