The Joyce Road Neighborhood

The warm/wet weather this fall has been beneficial to fungal growth. It only took a couple of days for this Dryad's Saddle (Polyporus...

As people prepare to celebrate Halloween by decorating with images that are centered around fear and phobias, one common image is spiders...

With no frost so far this fall, the pepper plants in our garden have continued to produce and we had stuffed peppers for supper yesterday...

October has been warm and wet this year and while the sweet potatoes in our garden were still growing it's time to dig. The excessive...

Insects keep waiting at my door to be photographed. Today's bug caught my attention by the ridge protruding from its back. After some...

I found this Katydid waiting for me at the door to our barn. The name katydid is derived from the male’s repetitive chirp, which ...

Grandson Reed was visiting us for the weekend and made friends with a Praying Mantis. Reed enjoyed playing with the mantis and want...

I found these mushrooms today while walking in the woods. YELLOW-ORANGE FLY AGARIC (Amanita muscaria var. guessowii) - The name of t...

Fall is the time of year when everything starts to come in pumpkin spice flavor. Except here in PA where two of this state's best kno...

I was checking my apple trees today in search of candidates for an apple pie when I noticed these apple blossoms starting to bloom at the...

Today's beautiful fall weather was topped off by a gorgeous autumn sunset.

The start of archery deer season is only a few weeks away and this young buck's survival strategy is: Don't look like a trophy wa...

It might be the same bear, but on September 5th we had a large black bear at the gate to our cabin property and now I have game camera ph...

Back in April 2018 I grafted some Bartlett pear cuttings from a neighbor's tree onto some of the wild pear trees on our property. Mos...

The cooler weather this morning may have slowed the bumblebees but they were still busy collecting nectar from the Sedum flowers at our h...