Vanessa Invasion
September 14, 2017
If you’ve set foot outside in the past couple of weeks and found yourself in the vicinity of any flowers,... Read More →
Record Rains
September 7, 2017
Two decades ago I was still teaching Engineering Geology, with several weeks of lecture, lab, and field trips devoted to... Read More →
Is Perpetuity Forever?
September 4, 2017
I’m taking a break by a small wetland pool, secluded in an area of willows with a small silver maple... Read More →
Why Do We Care?
August 31, 2017
Barb and I recently sat out in the driveway, and watched last week’s cloudy eclipse come and go. And to... Read More →
A Game That’s Always Afoot
August 28, 2017
Every walk outside is an opportunity to play Sherlock Holmes. There are mysteries under every leaf and around every corner.... Read More →
Teenage Hummingbirds Tag-Team Their Mom
August 24, 2017
Last April I posted a blog about my large trellis array covered with flowering native trumpet honeysuckle. It’s still in... Read More →
White-winged Crossbills at the Feeder: Diversity Attracting Diversity
August 21, 2017
In August I get a bit of that countdown feeling I always got in grade school knowing my days of... Read More →
Coralberry: Opportunity for Pollinators and Birds
August 17, 2017
Our native coralberry, AKA Indian current and buckbrush, is pretty much ignored by conservationists. It is a small shrub, often... Read More →
From a Blank Slate to a Backyard Prairie
August 14, 2017
After moving to a house in a new development, my yard was a blank slate. I took the opportunity to... Read More →
Shellbark Hickory, The Tree That Used To Be
August 10, 2017
Today almost all hickory trees in Johnson County live on the uplands. You probably know them well – shagbark, bitternut,... Read More →
