Sunday, May 17, 2015. We visited an Ozark fen that had been used in the 1970s as a recreational mud pit for trucks. The deep muck almost swallowed my colleague as he sank to his knees in beautiful black fen soil. He came out with a monster-sized devil crawfish whose turrets and tunnels coursed through the fen. This fen is dominated by uncommon sedges and ragworts today, but I wonder what we lost during the 1970s. Friday, May 08, 2015. Native to Missouri, yes, but what region? .

I found wild columbines growing on the lot when I moved in during the early 1990s and moved them around to suit me. View previous images on Picasa Web. 17mar2010 - Native plants in my garden. Andrew Keys at Garden Smackdown.

This is photo driven blog, with interesting stories, adventure and just plain appreciation of the beauty and majesty that nature provides us all. Saturday, March 4, 2017. Its been a while since I blogged about anything but our recent trip to Mexico deserves more than a few photos posted on facebook or instagram. If you, like me have seen Shawshank Redemption on TBS a million times, You will no doubt have heard of Zihuatanejo. Good view of the .

Except for my yard, my neighborhood contains mainly lawns and some foundation shrubs, along with the small trees planted to replace the near monoculture of ashes killed by emerald ash borers. My own plantings had grown to the point where I thought they might provide enough cover to make it worthwhile to put out bird feeders. I hung a tube feeder above a platform feeder set on the ground. Through most of the winter, safflower seeds were the main fare.

The mission of the South Bend-Elkhart Audubon Society is to promote stewardship of our natural resources with a special emphasis on birds. We achieve this goal through education, conservation, activism, philanthropy and fellowship with others having similar goals.

The Official Blog of the Institute of Botanical Training. Thursday, February 19, 2015. Here is a close-up of the Elymus virginicus.