My Florida Backyard

Whether you're celebrating Easter today or just enjoying spring, we hope your day is as lovely as ours here in My Florida Backyard! O...

Now that we've finally tamed the backyard again, we decided it needed a little color. Since we just finished laying new landscape paper ...

It's been another warm winter here in My Florida Backyard, and coupled with last year's complete lack of a hard freeze, some of our ...

Just when we thought summer weather had arrived for good, spring came back again! Cool nights, soft breezes, and sunshine that's warm on...

Happy Spring! Although it's been feeling like spring since about mid-January here in My Florida Backyard, we're definitely enjoying ...

The 15th of the month is Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day! If you haven't already seen my post over at BirdsandBlooms.com , here's wha...

The spring rehabilitation of My Florida Backyard has begun at last! We started small, with our favorite cool season wildflower - it's Ta...

Spring is rapidly heating up into summer here in My Florida Backyard, with afternoon highs reaching 85 and higher most days. It's ideal ...

Ask people to name the flowers of spring, and you'll inevitably hear daffodils, tulips, lilacs, and so on. Florida's spring brings d...

It's baby duck season again! There are proud and protective mama ducks everywhere, with little lines of babies following behind. It...

The Confederate Jasmine on the north side of our house is entirely covered in buds right now, and we know in a few days the whole neighborho...

Having spent most of yesterday getting the gardens in shape for spring, including sprucing up the butterfly garden, it was satisfying to cat...