Jayne's Country Garden

When I got home from work this evening, I went to check on my caterpillars, (now all chrysalides) and was thrilled by orange flapping in the...

We've had some strange weather so far this December. It's gone from warm and muggy to cold, wet and windy, but certainly nothing app...

  I hope you have enjoyed your Labor Day weekend. I'm keeping this post short and sweet today, as I overdid it a bit, moving desk...

I've been trying all week to catch a photo of one of the Monarchs that have been floating and flitting around the garden all week. I ...

We've had quite a lot of success with our certified Monarch Waystation, but with all the milkweed, caterpillars and chrysalises (chrysal...

Just a couple of days ago, I blogged that we were still getting Monarch butterflies in the garden, and that we h ad a lot of caterpillars ...

After my last depressing post, about the loss of our pine tree, I really didn't feel much like blogging about the garden, but there has ...

Yesterday, as I was sitting out in the garden having my morning coffee, I noticed a butterfly flitting around in the border at the end of th...

Earlier this week I noticed a mockingbird that seemed to be coming and going a lot. At one point I saw it on the fence with a beak full of ...

Words and photographs by Jayne Wilson, Green and Serene, Jayne's Country Garden .

Even though we're still locked in the worst drought ever in Houston history, I thought I'd blog about something more cheerful today....