My Minnesota

It's the season of thunderstorms, heat and humidity. Butterfly weed is in bloom. Day lilies have started to come into flower, something ...

Lazy, hazy, sleepy, days of summer are here. If anyone stumbles over my ambition, please feed and water it until cooler temps arrive. Then l...

Yesterday we promised to share some questions we believe should be answered before any species is officially designated as invasive. We have...

Now that yesterday’s invasion of British Columbia smoke has passed through, the Better Half is planting annuals in the planters next to the ...

I'm using today's posting to share some news that pleased me when I first learned about it and then caused me to wonder why I hadn...

No rain yet. NOT A DROP, despite intermittent weather forecasts to the contrary. Lots of storms on the radar to our south, west and northwes...

As close as I can figure out, we have four or five pairs of ruby-throated hummingbird nesting around the house, two or three behind the hous...

Sometime yesterday, or early today, the township mowed the shoulders of roads in our neck of the woods. It appears such efforts are consiste...

If you haven’t already voted early, tomorrow is the Minnesota primary. I’ll wait until the before work rush is over and head down to vote a ...

I think the vetch  growing in our fields is hairy vetch ( Vicia villosa ). It's coming into bloom, as are more and more of the large be...

Have you read the recent article about a new invasive species that threatens Minnesota's forests? (" University of Minnesota botani...

There's an old saying to the effect that "if you find something you really like, buy two before they stop making it." I've...

Over  the past few days, the Better Half and  I have been trying to identify a "new" plant with pinkish flowers that's suddenl...

Today the air feels sultry. A classic case of "it's not the heat, it's the humidity." I've been in Sun City, Arizona, ...

Last night's solstice was duly celebrated with a backyard "bonfire" after dinner. We lucked out with a brief period of showers...

The roadside South of the house is about to burst into bloom after bloom of bird's-foot trefoil . There are a few spiderwort plants in ...