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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Evaluating Soil and Water with a Tile Probe
October 26, 2017
A tile probe is merely a slender steel rod with a cross-tee handle. The better ones are stainless steel rods... Read More →
A Local Land Ethic
October 19, 2017
Well, another Columbus Day has come and gone. Each passing year brings more attempts to recognize that in 1492 our... Read More →
Managing Ralston Creek with Gabions
October 12, 2017
For more than a century, Iowa City has encroached on Ralston Creek. The runoff from the outlying suburbs is managed... Read More →
The Burning Butterfly Problem
October 5, 2017
I went out to hunt up a couple of pawpaws late in the afternoon in late September, and noticed a... Read More →
The Value of Drought
September 28, 2017
This year, spring and early summer had quite adequate rainfall. But as we slip into late summer and early autumn,... Read More →
