The Importance of Native Plants

The Importance of Native Plants

If you want this adorable caterpillar in your garden, you need to include Lindera benzoin, common name Spicebush, in your landscape. I am listening to a 6-week webinar course titled “Tending Nature: Native Plants and Every Gardener’s Role in Fostering...
Phenology – Nature’s Calendar

Phenology – Nature’s Calendar

phenology [fəˈnäləjē] NOUN the study of cyclic and seasonal natural phenomena, especially in relation to climate and plant and animal life. According to the USA National Phenology Network website: Phenology is a key component of life on earth.   Many birds time...
Lake Turnover and Why It Matters

Lake Turnover and Why It Matters

I wrote an article in spring 2020 explaining lake turnover.  It’s one thing to know that Lake Maxinkuckee is a dimictic lake, meaning it turns over two times per year with the seasonal temperature changes of spring and fall, but have you considered why that...