The Rutten family visited Colorado in July. These wildflowers from the Keystone Resort area, including several variations of the Columbine, were particularly stunning due to frequent summer rains. To see a larger version of the thumbnails, click on the individual images.

It’s been too hot and humid this summer to get out and do that necessary pruning, to keep up with growth in our Tallahassee gardens. Thanks to Storm Fay, that was taken care of for me. Once she leveled the perennials, it was just a matter of going out with a heavy hand and releasing [...]

I know I’m about 4 years behind with the podcast thing, but I’ve recently become obsessed with them. If you’ve got some time to kill and you’ve got iTunes installed, check out the tons of great (and FREE) podcasts at the iTunes Store. A couple of my personal recommendations are GreenLiving.com’s Green Talk Radio and [...]