Lighter than Air, Stronger than Whiskey, and Cheaper than Dirt
December 4, 2017
These words are first attributed to barbed wire salesman John Warne Gates on the square in front of the Alamo,... Read More →
The Mystery of Metamorphosis: Revisited
November 30, 2017
One winter when I was a child, I opened up some cocoons to see how a caterpillar turned into a... Read More →
Morning in the Tallgrass
November 28, 2017
I step out onto the patio and quickly don my boots and outer garments in the chilly November air. Armored... Read More →
Sacrificial Conifers
November 23, 2017
If you are thinking about planting a native woodland of oaks, hickories, black walnut, and their associates, consider including some... Read More →
Winter Repose
November 20, 2017
This time of year is when I reacquaint myself with all my botanical friends in their winter repose. Having cast... Read More →
Autumn Bareroot Transplants Have Problems in Iowa
November 16, 2017
If you read gardening magazines and nursery catalogs, they often promote bareroot transplants of seedling trees and shrubs in autumn,... Read More →
Snakes, Security, and Common Sense
November 13, 2017
I was quite surprised when the large eastern Iowa senior high school that I attended was the focus of... Read More →
Of Bears and Bulls and Charitable Opportunity
November 9, 2017
If you are now at least 70 ½ years old and your retirement plan includes IRA investments in the stock... Read More →
The Peddler’s Pines
November 2, 2017
by Lon Drake The railroad arrived in Iowa City on the last day of 1855, which offered still more impetus... Read More →
Drizzly Afternoon Encounters
October 30, 2017
On a blustery Saturday afternoon, when the sky is marbled with clouds and the little tree out front is bending... Read More →
