Pokeweed: Summer Giant
This gangly, strange-looking character is pokeweed. I bought it at a native plant sale a few years ago, but it never sent up more than a few floppy leaves, and I’d almost given up hope.
Read MorePoison Ivy: Even in Central Park
Poison ivy. An amazingly versatile plant, it does indeed grow just about everywhere. Beaches. Forests. Bayous. Even in Manhattan’s Central Park.
Read MoreHoney Locust: Defanged
Honey locust, in Manhattan’s Central Park, has thorns. Big thorns. Not just little prickers, great huge whomping thorns, six inches long and iron hard.
Read MoreHappy Fourth of July!
As John Adams put it, “I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival.”
Read MorePigeons: Two in the Bird Bath
Putting up a bird bath, and keeping it clean and full is one of the nicest things you can do for birds in summer. Pigeons take the plunge!
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