Kansas Signs of Spring

Kansas Woodland Moss, March 2010

Kansas Woodland Wild Flower, March 2010

Kansas Garden Garlic, March 2010

Kansas Garden Parsley, March 2010

I hope you enjoyed these signs of the Kansas spring. What’s happening in your neighborhood?

Growing Great Vegetables in the Heartland

Growing Great Vegetables in the Heartland is a vegetable gardening book by Andrea Ray Chandler. Decide whether this is the book you need.

I’ve been on a search for a great vegetable growing book which covers everything I need to know for growing in Kansas, and which I would be happy to recommend to you.

How to [...]

Voles Like to Play Outdoors

Who made this track?

Many small animals hibernate for the winter. Chipmunks gather lots of food, then hibernate, or stay indoors. Mice try to move inside. Voles like to play outdoors in winter.

Whom do you think made the track, or runway, you see here? Was it a vole?

Winter Gardens Full of Life

I discovered this little [...]

Red Berries You Don’t Want!

Lonicera maackii by D. E. Herman

Here is a shrub with red berries you DON’T want in your garden or nature area. Looks pretty, don’t it?

What Is That Shrub With Red Berries?

Maybe you recognize the photo as Amur Honeysuckle, or Loniceri maackii. On the other hand you might be like me and have a hard [...]

Make Like a Kansas Possum and Prepare for a Prairie Winter

a possum in a crabapple tree by normanack

Look at that cute possum visiting his local crabapple tree for a winter snack. I doubt he’s a Kansas prairie opossum, but he could be, bear with me.

Preparing for Winter

Let’s say you want a quick lesson in preparing for winter. What lessons can you learn from a [...]