I recently read an excellent post by Julia Craves over at Urban Dragon Hunters about […]
Category: Backyard Garden
Finding Time for Flies
Time flies when you’re having fun, and one of the things that makes time fly […]
Eight-spotted Skimmer
One of the great things about backyard gardening, especially in an urban/semi-urban setting, is the […]
A Backyard Visitor
We keep an informal backyard bird list and this week a new year bird showed […]
Scat Cat!
I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve never been a big fan of cats, […]
A Blue-eyed Visitor
It’s been a busy month so it was great to have a bit of downtime […]
Summer Swallowtails
With the arrival of warmer weather comes the swallowtails of summer. This weekend I got […]
Apple Blossom Time
We’ve had a small apple tree in our backyard in “downtown” Courtenay for a couple […]
Savannah Spring
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve noticed quite a few Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis) […]