When I began gardening on my own over a decade ago, I never imagined that my greatest difficulty in achieving a harvest would be the herds of beautiful white-tailed deer that rambled through our farm…
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Camp & Cabin Cookin’, May 2025
Chicken Breast Deluxe… Stuffed Mushrooms… Tiger Bread… Apple Cinnamon Jelly
Photograph the Series
One of the most rewarding mornings I’ve spent photographing wildflowers happened not because I photographed a lot of species, but rather because I took a series of photographs…
Favorite Focus, May 2025
View our readers’ favorite photos from the past month!
Art & Poetry Submissions, March 2025
Here are the art & poetry submissions we received in the month of March. We hope you enjoy!Art SubmissionsClick on the thumbnails below to view the full-sized image.Photo SubmissionsSubscribe...
Western Hydra
Hydra holds a diverse array of telescopic targets. The constellation contains several beautiful double stars, as well as a fairly bright planetary nebula, a globular star cluster, a bright open star cluster, and a fine barred spiral galaxy…
In Search of Ducks!
After some awkward minutes trying to figure out flippers—how to secure them to wading boots, walk with them, and maneuver them through the tiny leg openings in “the boat”—I was back in the water. A few feet from shore my feet could no longer touch the bottom. I was off…or was I?
Covers, April 2025
April 2025 covers, featuring contest photo winners: a juvenile Northern Saw-whet Owl and beautiful frost patterns!
Let’s Take a Hike, April 2025: Ruffed Grouse
A male Ruffed Grouse drums expectantly…
Wacky Woodcock
Does it seem to you that the woods is full of hidden eyes…like, there are things in the woods watching you that you can’t see? I encountered a pair of those hidden eyes one day while I was sitting in a blind hoping to photograph a drumming grouse.
From the Editor’s Quill, April 2025
I’ve been eager to read the submissions that came in for the Trails and Tales contest. Finally, the deadline came and it was time to dig in…
Invisibles, April 2025: Red Squirrel
Find the objects hidden in this red squirrel drawing!
Ransacked!
Someone or something seemed to be sabotaging our efforts to create an arrangement of colorful flora. Yesterday, my brother’s petunias had vanished, and today, my sister’s violets were the victims. So far, my flowerpot had remained untouched—but for how long?
Creation Close-ups, April 2025
Trails and Tales contest honorable mention photos
Wondernose: What tree has dead bark that’s very useful to man?
Ordinarily, dead bark would be the part of a tree left rotting in the woods after the valuable parts have been harvested. Not so with our mystery tree. The bark gets harvested, and the rest of the tree is left standing!