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Plants & Fungi
Dandy Dandelions
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Yay, the dandelions are taking over! I thought as I glanced out the window one May day.Actually, I’m not crazy; I’m just kidding. Seriously though, I do...
Tomatoes
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Tomatoes are one of the world's favorite fruits; there are thousands of varieties of tomatoes grown around the world. Yes, they really are fruits, but, as...
Raindrop-powered Lousewort Launchers
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Blooming louseworts or wood betony. Photo © Dana Atkinson. Have you ever launched something through the air from the bowl of a plastic spoon? I sure have....
Creation Close-ups, April 2024
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A Wildflower Drive
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Bird's-foot trefoil. Photo © Klaus Reitmeier|Dreamstime.com. Every time I have gone away in the summer has been a wildflower drive for me all the years we...
The Native Wildflower Garden
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Why,” you ask, “would I want to include native spring ephemerals in my wildflower garden?”Well, in my experience, these wildflowers are much more than...
Growing Great Strawberries
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Strawberries are a great crop for beginning fruit growers. Unlike growing trees and bushes, if you make a mistake with strawberries, you can quickly start...
Exploring Nature, March 2024
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Woodcocks are doing their courtship displays. Listen for their loud peenting or beeping at dusk on warm evenings. Grizzlies come out of hibernation in mid...
Vanilla
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Month of March Writing Third Place Winner March for my family means vanilla! We live on the edge of a tropical rainforest in southern Belize, which is...
Wondernose: What plants grow up to 300 yards in length, yet cannot stand on their own?
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive This must be some sort of vine, you say, and you are correct. You are thinking of the wild grapevines that grow so profusely over the side of your garage....
Growing Blueberries
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive With a sly grin, Phil poked a stick through the leaves, trying to make me think it was a rattlesnake.That was thirty-five-plus years ago, and I still have...
Rainbow of Flowers
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Flower Bed Contest First Place Photo © Joyce Tschetter. We recently had an opportunity to visit the Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Kentucky, and my idea...
Our Flower Bed
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Flower Bed Contest Third Place Photo © Solomon Blair. This is our first year having a raised flower bed. My dad built it with treated 2x8 lumber and...
Bubbling Rock Flower Bed
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Flower Bed Contest Second Place Photo © Kristina Zimmerman. We had a patch of grass between our retaining wall and our walkway that was too small to mow...