Forum: Education For
06-30-2014, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 146
Views: 10,136
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Forum: Education For
06-23-2011, 01:14 PM
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Replies: 146
Views: 10,136
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Forum: North American Native Plants
01-15-2011, 11:28 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,531
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Forum: Birds Including Raptors & Hummers
12-12-2010, 10:45 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 469
Bad weather
We finished with about 15" of snow & the wind is still howling & blowing it around. Now there are dangerous wind chills forcast for a couple of days & many of the area schools are already closed for...
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Forum: The Dead Lawn Society (Healthier Choice Gardeners)
12-12-2010, 09:41 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 602
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Forum: Invasive & Potentially Invasive Flora
12-08-2010, 10:21 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,266
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Forum: North American Native Plants
12-04-2010, 01:07 AM
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Replies: 85
Views: 5,915
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Forum: Invasive Fauna
12-03-2010, 12:08 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 2,029
So mean!!
That's just not nice to tease so late at night. Now no one will sleep in anticipation of your unveiling!:tease
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Forum: Vegetables other than tomatoes
10-28-2010, 07:32 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 2,569
On our family farm (which is no longer in the...
On our family farm (which is no longer in the family) we would store UNWASHED potatoes, onions, & squash in an old cistern which hadn't been utilized for many years. This was in SW Minnesota & the...
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Forum: Cryptogams
10-27-2010, 08:52 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 4,867
Contribution--oh my!!
jpdenk, these are amazing photos. You must have lots of plantings available for pics or you cover a lot of ground to find them all. Thanks so much for sharing your album.:smileyclap
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Forum: Sustainability
10-22-2010, 07:57 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,077
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Forum: Daily Dose of Outrage
10-21-2010, 09:19 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 549
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Forum: Green Blogs and Websites
10-21-2010, 09:10 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,870
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Forum: Daily Dose of Outrage
10-17-2010, 09:08 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 494
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Forum: Birds Including Raptors & Hummers
10-17-2010, 08:14 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,623
Blue bird display
There has been a gathering of Bluebirds at the bird bath several evenings recently. They are such vigorous bathers with lots of splashing! Did not see any this weekend-the 1st I've not worked all...
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Forum: Insects, Arachnids, & Gastropods
10-17-2010, 08:04 PM
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Replies: 155
Views: 7,527
Photogenic bugs!
:waveThese photos are just awesome! Thanks for sharing them. Just invested in a digital camera myself so now I need practice & opportunity to attempt similar shots. You folks have set the bar very...
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Forum: Butterflies & Moths
09-19-2010, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,241
Monarch sightings
WOW!! That's a lot of monarchs at one time! Be sure to take good care of them there on the East coast so the species continues! :happydance
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Forum: Butterflies & Moths
09-19-2010, 08:49 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 964
Pronunciation
If you heard me pronounce some of them you probably would not recognize the Botanical names! My language study was German rather than Latin.:)
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Forum: Butterflies & Moths
09-18-2010, 10:22 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 964
Zizea sp.
[quote=dapjwy;77993]NEWisc,
It seems you know what ziza/zizzia are, but I couldn't find any info under your spelling either!
Are these the Zizea aurea, Golden alexanders, & Zizea...
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Forum: North American News and Current Events
09-16-2010, 09:41 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 850
Antibiotics in food
This is very discouraging information but it really is not surprising. We all know that resistance develops when any medication is over used. We have developed our very own line of Super Bugs. Help...
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Forum: Birds Including Raptors & Hummers
09-16-2010, 09:24 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 2,676
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Forum: North American Native Plants
09-16-2010, 09:04 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 3,275
Backyard
That IS an amazing backyard view! Love it!!!:)
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Forum: Livestock
09-16-2010, 08:41 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,198
Raising chickens
We raised hundreds of chickens on the farm when I was a kid. That was before all the growth regulating junk they put in the feed-most of which we ground ourselves anyway from our own corn crop. I...
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Forum: Tips, Tricks, Techniques, and Experiments
09-15-2010, 09:37 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,772
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Forum: Tips, Tricks, Techniques, and Experiments
09-14-2010, 08:57 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,772
Collecting Penstemon seed
Clip the seed heads off-try not to tip them if they are opening already. Place them on a sheet of smooth fabric or plastic until they dry thoroughly. Much of the seed will fall out onto the material...
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