Entries from March 2009

March 28, 2009

Blowin’ in the wind

Right away, let me make it clear, I suggested we try plan B. You might think we were foolish to go on the hike as originally planned. At least I thought so, and just so you won’t think I’m irresponsible, I want to make it clear I suggested an alternative.
In the end, however, it worked [...]

March 23, 2009

Birds of a feather

Not all birds live in trees. Many kinds of birds love to live in grass, including songbirds like meadowlarks and dickcissels, and prairie specialists like the famed greater prairie chicken. Even killdeers and upland sandpipers, birds related to long-legged shorebirds, have made a home in the tallgrass prairie.
Recently, some of these birds have been in [...]

March 8, 2009

Weeds

Weeds attack even the best of gardens. Those who manage a landscape, any landscape, from the simplist garden to the largest ranch spread, struggle constantly to keep weeds out.
But what are weeds, actually? Why is one plant considered a pest to be eliminated and another plant is a welcome guest to be nurtured? It comes [...]