The ancient Caddo Indians along the Red River in East Texas would have looked to the sky during January, watching for purple martins returning to their villages. Like other tribes, the Caddo would ...

Autumn has officially arrived – and with it, those wonderful little gourds and pumpkins that appear this time of year. We’ve done the mini pumpkin tea-light holders and decoratively carved squash in ...

Anyone who has discovered that one of their hanging baskets on the porch is doubling as a nursery for a Carolina Wren family knows to leave well enough alone until the birdies hatch and fly away.

During the dry, hot days of high summer, dreams of gourd greatness shine like the early-morning dew. The hanging gourds lengthen and turn a darker green. Snow climbs the ladder each morning, measures ...