View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Of course you’re familiar with the sugar maples, Wondernose, and you know what beautiful scarlet, orange, and yellow leaves they produce in the fall. But...
Plants & Fungi
Pictures & Poems, March 2025
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Luscious Lettuce
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Photo © Distinctivedesign/Dreamstime.com. I toss a mass of succulent green leaves onto a cutting board, lift a sturdy chef’s knife, and chop those leaves...
Creation Close-ups, February 2025
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In Anticipation of Spring
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive American Goldfinch. Photo © Cheryl Shank It is easy to enjoy winter when frosty clusters drifting from the sky turn the world into a snow globe. But when...
Starting Seeds Indoors
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive There are very few things in this world that I love more than flowers. Every year in late winter I get thoroughly excited about that year’s garden and...
Wondernose: What tree has seeds that will start sending out roots even before they have separated from the fruit?
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive That’s right, Wondernose. While the fruits are still on this tree, the seeds germinate and begin growing roots. Down, down the roots grow; sometimes they...
Winter Sowing
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Just after the winter solstice when the daylight is at its shortest, the weather at its coldest, and the gardens smooth and barren, seed catalogs begin to...
Wondernose: What tree is among the world’s oldest living things?
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Come with me to the Rocky Mountains of the southwestern United States. Climb with me to a height of 8,000 feet (2400 m). Here we come upon a gnarled,...
Storing the Bounty
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Photo © Olga Volodina/Dreamstime.com I am a strong proponent of extending the growing season whenever possible, and utilizing row covers, tunnels, and...
Covers, October 2024
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Autumn Splendor
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Fall foliage. Photo © Marlin Shank. Do you have a favorite season of the year? Difficult to decide, isn’t it? God is a God of beauty, and each season has...
End of the Trail, October 2024: Fall Foliage
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Fall foliage. Photo © Susannah Leck.
Creation Close-ups, October 2024
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Introduction to How Pigments Work
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Light is a form of energy that can act as both waves and subatomic particles called photons. Each wavelength of light corresponds with photons of a...