Birds

Northern Cardinals

Cardinals are our favorite birds in the backyard. Mates for Life:  Northern cardinals don’t look for a new mate unless one of them dies.  We have 3 couples that hang out at our backyard feeders. Appearance:  While male cardinals are a brilliant red, females are a light brown with red accents in the wings, tails […]

Birds General Gardening

Northern Mockingbirds

While I first saw a Northern Mockingbird in our yard in 2020, it was quite eventful.  While I wanted to keep feeding this mockingbird, he kept go after the other birds that I had been feeding for a long time and wouldn’t let them eat.  He especially did not like the cardinals – how territorial and […]

Mammals

Dogs in the Garden

My dog, Hoover is Crazy for Gardening’s mascot and loves to be outdoors with me.   Actually, he likes to follow or shadow me outside or inside our home.  We got him in 2008 as a pound puppy from the Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh.  We think he is part chow and lab. When we got […]