Nature, wildlife, and how gardening affects the environment.
Chickadee photo by Jay Burney Maybe I’m the only one who saw the recent articles and posts detailing a shocking loss in the North American bird population. Somehow, [...]
Louisville Climate Strike There were student-led Global Climate Strikes all over the world last Friday, inspired by the lovable 16-year old Greta Thunberg. An estimated two hundred people [...]
Tree saps are head over heels for red maples... Natalie Jeremijenko's "Tree Logic" at Mass MoCa, North Adams, MA. Hayly Fisher is a barista. She waters humble sidewalk [...]
Facebook has its negatives, but does offer insights. Without running a formal poll complete with statistical analysis, you get a feel for the general population’s reactions to certain things. Some [...]
I haven’t spent so much per ounce for plant material since I was a miscreant teenager decades ago. These three bags of seeds from Prairie Nursery in Westfield, Wisconsin, however, [...]
Did you know that Washington, D.C., with 1.2 million square feet of green roofs as of 2014, won bragging rights as the greenest U.S. city? No, really. (Source: EcoWatch.) If [...]
A reader of Susan Harris’ recent post about the display of Synlawn synthetic grass at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. asked about the relative environmental merits of synthetic [...]
You can’t be a gardener these days, not a serious gardener, and not notice some shifts in the climate. These vary with the region, but it’s safe to say that in [...]
From left, Jon Sander, Matthew Partain, and Paul Tukey. When I showed you Glenstone in Winter last December I promised return visits throughout the year. Well, last week [...]
Guest Ranter Barbara Dumesnil digs deep for a new composting concept. The idea of being sealed in an impermeable coffin, six feet under, for eternity has always seemed a [...]
If you have ever donated money to a cause or even just signed an on-line petition, I’m sure that your inbox, like mine, is flooded with email solicitations. Mine mainly [...]
Are they here yet? Are they here yet? Reblooming 'Major Wheeler' coral honeysuckle provides hummingbird attracting flowers from very early spring to very late in fall. [...]
