|
I took that snapshot (above) through the upstairs screened window yesterday, just to give a hint of what's going on here with all the flowering trees and shrubs. A cold and dry but crazy-colorful spring! But that's not today's subject...so let's get going:
17-year cicadas: more good than harm
I can't wait for them to announce themselves noisily, though readers have been writing in, expressing varying degrees of cicada anxiety about possible garden damage. Brood II of the periodical 17-year cicadas -- the brood that returns on that uncanny schedule specifically from Georgia to Connecticut -- are already being sighted where soil temperatures have warmed to 64 degrees. I'm most fascinated by these insects' role in the bigger ecological picture, besides the sheer magical aspect of witnessing their incredible orgy. Fascinating cicada facts.
top garden-photography tips from ken druse
Many people thrill at a sunny day in the garden, but if photographing the landscape is your pursuit, as it is Ken Druse's, you take the contrarian view. "I love overcast," says Ken, and "drizzle" is another favorite forecast for the author of 18 books, whose camera has taken him to more gardens than most of us will see in a lifetime. Ken shared some of his top garden-photography tips in a Q&A interview and this week's public-radio show and podcast.
missed these stories last issue?
| 
