Enter your email address:Delivered by FeedBurnerTumblr (3.0; @aroundthegarden)http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/Can it be that only two weeks ago our deciduous trees were just splitting open their leaf buds? ...http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/48940610561http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/48940610561Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:59:24 -0400 For some weeks now, I’ve heard the sweet warbling song of bluebirds—pine warblers too. The trout...http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/45426523180http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/45426523180Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:59:00 -0400My attention, of late, is on buds. Most plants have set their next-year buds by end of summer, if...http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/42442056452http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/42442056452Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:13:10 -0500 Last Friday we had a light dusting of snow.  My perspective always seems to be enlivened by the way...http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/41117151025http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/41117151025Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:04:30 -0500Residents of Chapel Hill recently witnessed the Ginko trees in town and on campus turning gold....http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/36212182983http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/36212182983Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:38:35 -0500I have been thinking about seeds again.  It’s no wonder.  From the dense, brown persimmon seeds...http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/35781441758http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/35781441758Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:32:45 -0500 We were greeted by sunshine this morning—the first in 4 or 5 days.  Unlike our neighbors to...http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/34706500401http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/34706500401Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:31:22 -0400It is hard for us not to see time through the lens of our species. Humans have lifespans measured in...http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/33789290404http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/33789290404Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:26:37 -0400Garden staff members commit to working a few weekends a year. After all, it’s a public garden and...http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/32740698355http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/32740698355Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:34:11 -0400Here is a most interesting post from the UNC Herbarium’s Assistant Curator, Carol Ann...http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/30950618849http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/30950618849Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:58:21 -0400It has been a curious pleasure to watch the explosion of mushrooms over the last couple of weeks....http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/29552935782http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/29552935782Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:00:28 -0400In the spirit of the name of this blog, I’m going to share with you a bit of what is going on...http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/27645118191http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/27645118191Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:57:31 -0400Recently, while immersing my senses in a bowl of peaches and blueberries, I thought about the...http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/25301561267http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/25301561267Sun, 17 Jun 2012 13:28:00 -0400The new Piedmont Habitat display garden at the North Carolina Botanical Garden has given us the...http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/23567304989http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/23567304989Tue, 22 May 2012 18:10:00 -0400Weeds are big attention-grabbers at this time of year.  Last weekend, as I weeded a particularly...http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/22460633760http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/22460633760Sat, 05 May 2012 14:36:00 -0400 Sometimes I wonder if it is really possible NOT to love plants. Now that we are approaching the...http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/21328010470http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/21328010470Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:14:00 -0400For about a week now, we’ve been in a “Wisteria Daze.” What I mean is, vines of...http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/20116980300http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/20116980300Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:51:20 -0400 This is one spring that seems to be rushing forward. Plants are opening up blossoms in such quick...http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/19738606611http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/19738606611Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:14:00 -0400Early spring in the North Carolina Piedmont has seen some wild swings of temperature.  From high 70s...http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/18854527640http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/18854527640Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:36:11 -0500This is about the time when many people feel that the world outside their windows is really drab....http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/17619260796http://aroundthegarden.tumblr.com/post/17619260796Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:03:49 -0500