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Are we secretly scared of nature?

McDowell Sonoran Preserve by Dru Bloomfield

Nature, red in tooth and claw. – Alfred Lord Tennyson

I’m driving down Metcalf Avenue. A sign catches my attention:

Deer Creek Preserve.

Ah, nature! Perhaps I should stop off to enjoy it.

Nature names no nature

Don’t let names fool you -

South Creek, Fieldstone, Shadow Brook, Tallgrass Creek, Forest Creek, Heatherwood, Silver [...]

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 [...]

Are we secretly scared of nature?

Kansas Signs of Spring

Growing Great Vegetables in the Heartland

Voles Like to Play Outdoors

Red Berries You Don’t Want!

For Your Vegetable Garden

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