Leaflets Three, Let It Be…Maybe
April 27, 2017
About six summers ago I was walking up a narrow ravine in River Heights with two guys while evaluating erosion... Read More →
Vinegar as an Herbicide
April 24, 2017
In March at Prairie Preview, Joyce Miller and I discussed her need to control weeds around a schoolchildren’s garden, without... Read More →
Gunter’s Chain Still Measures Iowa
April 17, 2017
Ever since the dawn of agriculture, people have marked out parcels of land to claim the fruits of their hard-earned... Read More →
Conservation Efforts Enhanced by Using Available Mulch
April 6, 2017
The Iowa City landfill, which also serves Johnson County, again has wood chip mulch available. In past years it was... Read More →
Honeysuckle Brush for Erosion Control and Habitat
March 30, 2017
Many of today’s woodlots were originally left in trees because the parcel was too steep to plow, and most were... Read More →
Another Mark Twain Sunset
March 23, 2017
Mark Twain’s career began as an apprentice riverboat pilot on the Mississippi, but this crashed with the onset of our... Read More →
Searching for the Native Celandine Poppy
March 16, 2017
Celandine poppy, aka wood poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum), is native to the forests of the eastern half of the US. Its... Read More →
A Deer Moment
March 9, 2017
One strangely warm February evening I leaned back against a hackberry tree alongside a deer trail, and just decided to... Read More →
Growing Pawpaw Trees from Seed
March 2, 2017
Last summer, before the brief pawpaw season arrived, I posted a blog on how to save seed to grow your... Read More →
Show and Tell at Prairie Preview
February 20, 2017
Over the past few months, I’ve offered suggestions on how to adapt ergonomic pack frames for carrying heavy or awkward... Read More →
