If you blinked last week, then you might have missed it. The shadbush bloomed. Shadbush is a quick-change artist: its flowers are here one...
The ability of pigweed to grow cannot be denied. It grows just about anywhere and may grow to be six feet tall. Last May we discovered it in our...
I guess that it is true that you can’t have it all. Wood anemones should know this adage well since they lack much.
The other night I had the strangest sensation that I was sleeping with Dracula. Morning brought not the prince of darkness, but another vampire-...
There are many wonderful sayings regarding the first blooms of spring.
It seemed like a harmless sort: a symbol of purity and hope, a cancer crusader and fundraiser, and beautiful harbinger of spring; but, if the truth...
Green home building is all the rage right now, but humans are Johnny-come-latelys to ecological building. Our “nests” are too often made from new...
Herring
Run, herring, run! Or, rather, swim, herring, swim, to your natal stream. River herring — harbingers of spring — should be back soon, if they are...
Next week, I will put all of my eggs in one basket.
This tree will give you shakes and shingles. Building materials aside, many of us agree that the Eastern red cedar is a terrific tree. Arthur...
Some males will do anything to impress the ladies. Even though I heard the call last week, I knew in my heart that he wasn’t my type. Hey, he...
Only slow food will do for this bird. Faster prey would fly, run or otherwise get away before it became a vulture’s meal. Vultures like their...

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