Next to my fireplace hangs a slab of cedar, a fine piece of functional artwork that features a bottle opener alongside the words, “Beauty is…
Goldenrod
Witch Hazel
Witch hazel and I have had an on-again, off-again relationship for more than 50 years. A wee bit accident prone, I’ve lost track of the…
Whaoo Shrub
Wahoo! Fall color is at its peak here in the TriCities! The leafy fireworks are a little later in arriving this year, perhaps due to…
Insect Pollinators
Native pollinators have been in the news a lot lately and, for the most part, the reports have not been good. Powerful pesticides combined with…
Prairie Dropseed
Mmm…popcorn … It’s one of my favorite snacks, and something I’ve had a hankering for for a while now. But it wasn’t until this week that I figured out why. Each morning as I walk into work at Hickory Knolls, I get to look at a fabulous array of native plants carefully tended by our
Indigo Pollinators
June 12, 2015 Indigo Pollinators Insect pollinators have been in the news a lot lately and, for the most part, the reports have not been good. Powerful pesticides combined with a lack of suitable habitat and consecutive years of severe weather have taken their toll on these vital organisms. Apis melifera, our familiar yet nonnative
PP-10-5-12
October 5, 2012 Wahoo! Fall color is at its peak here in the TriCities! The leaves changed a few weeks earlier this year, no doubt a sign of the stressful conditions our trees and shrubs endured during the 2012 Drought. But, cause aside, vibrant hues of crimson, gold and luscious brown greet us each day
Wahoo
Wahoo! Fall color is at its peak here in the TriCities! Vibrant hues of crimson, gold and luscious brown greet us each day as local trees surrender their last green bits of chlorophyll and begin their preparations for winter. A light wind brings these colors fluttering downward, a flurry of autumnal tones that disappear far