Native Plants Were Erased From the Roads On My Countryside Commute Part of my twice daily commute is the solitude of a back road that winds it way around a brook curving and eventually cresting
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An early scene in my spring garden is the shaded perimeters be-speckled in periwinkle flowers. Interwoven between the almost emerged foamflower are the stout pointed green leaves of the Phlox divaricata. With its tall, macilent
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Blue Jays are notorious backyard birds. Loud, obnoxious and eating way more than their fair share of what’s at the feeder. They are also large and probably the most easily recognized backyard bird. Bothersome and
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A lot of things I learn about birds continue to surprise me; almost daily I learn something new. Today there was some curious activity in the morning. I had been noticing a number of Eastern
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Nocturnal creatures camouflage themselves during the day while stunning butterflies are as beautiful as the flowers they land on. While one is busy blending in, the other is standing out. But at some point, millions
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Why Milk? Why Weed? The short answer is this: A plant with leaves that emits a milky white substance when the leaf is broken, and grew easily in farm fields and was labeled
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