Blue Jay Barrens

Bracketing the walkway to our front door, is a small collection of domesticated flora with showy blooms. Warm temperatures allowed these ...

Two weeks ago we had snow on the ground.   Since then we’ve had several days that have reached 80 degrees and the plants are working hard ...

Late August is a time of tall plants at Blue Jay Barrens. One of the most conspicuous is Wingstem, which can easily reach nine feet tal...

Smooth Sumac, Rhus glabra , is just beginning to bloom.   I have an abundance of this plant along the trail leading up the hill behind ...

The larvae I was monitoring in the False Gromwell flowers have disappeared.   This doesn’t surprise me, because it is the normal conclu...