Building a Better Brushpile
November 29, 2018
Many of the books and articles about creating or improving habitat advocate building brushpiles. And in my experience, this advocacy... Read More →
We Just Got Punked
November 26, 2018
With the burn crew looking on, we light our test fire and watch the fire’s behavior. I can sense the... Read More →
Winterberry: An Attractive and Useful Native
November 22, 2018
The East Coast has about a dozen species of holly, most of them evergreen, with pointy leaves and red berries,... Read More →
Since I’m Looking Out the Window Anyway….
November 19, 2018
I haven’t participated in Project Feederwatch for the past several years. Since moving to a house in a new subdivision,... Read More →
A Different Deer Encounter
November 15, 2018
Back around the turn of the century, I designed a stormwater corridor for the southeast corner of Iowa City. It... Read More →
Guest Post: Where do Pollinators Go In the Winter?
November 12, 2018
Now that the weather has turned cooler and we’ve had our first real snow, the question on some people’s minds... Read More →
Coralberry: A Versatile Native Shrub
November 8, 2018
Our native coralberry is also called buckbrush. Most commonly found as a low, spindly, scrawny shrub with a few leaves... Read More →
A Visitor at a Kentucky Coffeetree
November 5, 2018
taptaptap The dry, methodical tapping from nearby was the sound of a woodpecker looking for lunch. This was not the... Read More →
My Wonderful Muzzleloader Deer Hunt
November 1, 2018
Only a month ago I had decided to forego the early muzzleloader deer hunt, which happens during a week in... Read More →
Nature is Counting on Us
October 29, 2018
Sounds of cars, trucks, horns, sirens, planes and trains disorient me. I feel my other senses shutting down. Stately oaks... Read More →
