Native Poppies in our Spring Flora
Our forests contain several early spring wildflowers in the poppy family (Papaveraceae), along with plants which some botanists place in the poppy family and...
The Coffee Table
Revel in the Salad Bowl
My husband’s mother came to the United States from war-torn Germany. She married an American GI—my father-in-law. I never met...
ISawArkansas
When Bill Clinton was president, AR-15-style assault rifles were banned in the United States. The 10-year ban was only for weapons manufactured after the...
HavingREELFun
Now you talk about some fun, this group was fun! They had a bet going between the ladies and the guys, whoever lost would...
The Dirt on Nicky
It’s not a wolfberry, it’s . . .
The Berry-Naming Subcommittee quickly dispensed with the first three items on the agenda by agreeing on names...
The Coffee Table
My husband and I had a lovely property in Waveland, Mississippi, where we spent summer vacations and Christmas holidays. We planned to retire there. It was my...
ISawArkansas
Glad the garage was open for conversation on Sunday. Without it the last week of craziness could have taken us hostage.
We talked about craziness....
HavingREELFun
A good day in the neighborhood. Travis is 9 years old and from Iowa showing off his first-ever walleye, 20 inches.
It’s beginning to look...
The Dirt on Nicky
The good, the bad and the comfrey
H.E. Kirschner’s thin book Nature’s Healing Grasses contains 71 pages of his observations about a dozen “wayside weeds”...
The Nature of Eureka
Ozark Spring Wildflowers
This is most highly anticipated time of the year for wildflower lovers. You’ve experienced the drab of winter browns and greys, and...