GROWING OUR FIRST GARLIC
Garlic is one of the oldest cultivated crops. Potent, esteemed, and finally coming into the cross-hairs of science, where pieces of its DNA sequence may help us better understand human history.
DECLINE IN SNOW COVER SPELLS TROUBLE FOR MANY PLANTS, ANIMALS
I wanted to share a press release I got from UW-Madison this week. It may be to contemplate snow just as spring is finally bursting out all around us, but this piece puts the data behind a subject I have been worrying about a lot lately — the way our […]
THE DEER TICK-HONEYSUCKLE CONNECTION
Here’s an article by Jill Saka that relates the incidence of deer ticks to the presence of honeysuckle — one of the most fierce and destructive invasives in our woodlands. I have only taken a casual swipe at the honeysuckle on my property yet, but this article is more than […]
Digging in the Driftless 