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 →
Recording Drought Response on Prairie Blooming
August 7, 2017
Here’s another journal entry from Sibylla Brown – detailing her Timberhill Oak Savannah butterfly observations. During the last two weeks... Read More →
George Palmiter Invents Green Stream Management
August 3, 2017
Following up on my recent Clear Creek blog, this is a little behind-the-scenes look at the history of stream management,... Read More →
Butterflies and Rabbits: a Gardening Struggle for Me at Mid-Summer
July 31, 2017
I really should not complain because the rains have come at just perfect spacing, the sunshine between has been ample... Read More →
A Clear Creek Cleanup
July 27, 2017
Seth Somerville, our land stewardship guy at Bur Oak Land Trust, recently organized a maintenance project on Clear Creek, which... Read More →
