View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Visit vernal pools and listen to the various species of frogs and toads. Watch their vocal sacs. Look for tadpoles developing. Take a wildflower hike and...
Wildflowers
Fool Me Once, Lady’s Slipper…
“Fool me once…BZZZZZZZ!” Bumblebee buzzed angrily as she whizzed past. As she bumbled on through the bracken fern and around the blueberry bushes, I think I heard her mumbling, “Why does everything have to have hardly any nectar and pollen?…”
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…
Study Guide Puzzles, April 2025
Reinforce nature facts from the April issue with the Study Guide puzzles!
Pictures & Poems, March 2025
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It’s Spring!
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive “For lo, the winter is past…the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come.” (Song of Solomon 2:11, 12)Yes, spring needs an...
End of the Trail, June 2024: Purple Pitcher Plant
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Purple pitcher plant. Photo © Dana Atkinson.
Bog Slog I Spy
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Bog Slog, Part 1
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive “Let’s go on a bog slog! We’ll get to see carnivorous plants and bee-tricking bog orchids!” Friends and family often hear me say that during early June....
Let’s Take a Hike, June 2024: Spanish Bluebells
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Spanish bluebells. Photo © Sydney Walter.
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...
Pictures & Poems, May 2024
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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...
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...
Creation Close-ups, April 2024
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