It can happen to anyone. You walk outside, onto your deck, take a few steps, and suddenly realize you’re standing in the middle of a vast, barren space, where nothing is happening – or about to. The wind whistles forlornly through your hair as you turn a 360 degree circle, staring out over a wasteland [...]

Here in North Georgia, firmly ensconced in zone 7, we’re blessed with distinctive seasons—and further blessed with relatively short, mild winters. I say relatively, because Georgia winters are finicky. Most times they’re benign, but every once in a while we’re blindsided by freezing northwest winds, plummeting temperatures, and ice storms that take out power lines [...]

Terrariums have been around for a long time. Indeed, they were quite popular in the psychedelic ’70s. Those containers were kind of hokey, however. Many were made from plastic. Nowadays, most terrariums are made using glass containers. They make great additions to any room, and are perfect gifts for folks who work in an office [...]