The green poppers of the jewelweed plant are ready! At the slightest touch the fat, green pod “explodes,” and its seeds shoot away from the plant. This can be quite surprising to the uninitiated which has led to the plant’s other common name: touch-me-not.
An interesting visitor seemed intent upon entering the Butterfly House by hitching a ride on the door. Actually, this native northern...
Black-eyed Susans can be seen in gardens and growing naturally in roadside waste areas. Originally found in the western plains of North...
The driveway edge seemed to have a moving brown puddle. The mysterious “puddle” was an ant battleground. Ant wars are a relatively common...
