A Little Night Music
Usually the frog chorus starts up in April, but this cold spring it was May before they really got tuned up. Now the frogs are busily making up for lost time.
Read MorePoison on the Lawn
Pesticides are poisons. They kill living things, that’s their purpose. They’ll kill dandelions and crabgrass, for sure. The question is, what else do they harm?
Read MoreAbout Time
We’re tied, all of us, much more strongly than we think, to nature’s cycles of light and dark.
Read MoreSprings Yet To Come
Buds are those little bumps on the ends of twigs that no one ever notices–until they burst open and reveal the leaves and blossoms of spring. As miraculous as a chick hatching out of its shell.
Read MoreBartram’s Garden: The Botanick Fire
In 1728, John Bartram created a garden. It’s now the oldest surviving botanic garden in America.
Read MoreInspecting a Lemon: Yellow Wood Sorrel
When I was a kid, I would taste anything—it’s a wonder I’m still alive, really. I sampled grass, mushrooms, dandelions. But here’s a real treat: wood sorrel.
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