It’s a Superbloom–of Dandelions
Easterners are enjoying a superbloom of dandelions. What is there about this one particular species of plant that makes it bloom so lavishly on our lawns?
Read MoreEthical Foraging: From Pest to Pesto
Foraging for survival or looking for a snack? Best place to look is a lawn. But only if it’s pesticide-free. The thing about spring greens is that you have to catch them early.
Read MoreThe Dandelion Strategy: Why Dandelions Are Such Successful Plants
Flowers are publicity, and dandelions excel at the marketing game. That bright yellow beckons pollinators, and each flower head has hundreds of individual blossoms.
Read MoreThe Beauty of Dandelions
Long ago, it must have seemed to the Pilgrims and pioneers as if they were on a little island of civilization in a threatening sea of wildness, and dandelions were part of their fence to keep the wilderness at bay. Nowadays, it seems as though the wild places are the fragile islands, surrounded by a rising tide of pavement.
Read MoreDandelions: Death on the Lawn
It’s the very definition of springtime: the cheerful sight of a robin pulling a worm out of the new green grass. But the robin who goes worm-hunting on a well-tended lawn may be bringing more than a tasty meal home to his youngsters. If the lawn has been treated with a pesticide, the robin and his family may become statistics. It’s been estimated by the Audubon Society that more than seven million wild birds are killed by the aesthetic use of lawn pesticides in the United States, every year. Aesthetic use: that doesn’t mean agricultural pesticides to grow food crops. That...
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