By Jill Henderson
Behind our house, the forest slopes down to a narrow valley that Ozarkers would call a “holler”. In some places the hillside is smoothly covered with a carpet of dead leaves and in others it is a jumble of ankle-twisting rocks of every dimension and color. In one particular place the rocks are so
Posted in Features, Nature Notes
Tagged A Journey of Seasons, conservation, copperhead, jill henderson, nature notes, ozarks, pygmy rattlesnake, rocks, show me oz, snakes, timber rattlesnake
By Jill Henderson
Ever wonder what the difference is between open pollinated, hybrid, heirloom and GMO seeds, and which one is right for you? Well, in today’s post I hope to shed a little light on the situation, but first, you might want to send the kids out of the room for this studious look at how seeds are born and why you should care what happens in your garden when you’re not looking.
Posted in Features, Garden Gate
Tagged gardening, GMO, heirloom, how to save seed, jill henderson, open-pollinated, seed saving, seeds, show me oz, The Garden Seed Saving Guide
By Jill Henderson
If someone had told me when I was younger that I would actually enjoy being awake before dawn, I would have laughed. But over the years I have developed the habit of waking up with the sun. And since we turned the clocks forward in anticipation of the Spring Equinox on March 20th, I’ve been up just in time to witness the rising sun as it paints the eastern sky with watercolor shades of pink and yellow; everything looks so new and fresh in the muted light of dawn and life is just beginning to stir in the dark recesses of the woods.
Recently Scott Laurent, author of Wild Missouri, alerted me to a proposed amendment to the Missouri Constitution that threatens to destabilize the funding for the Missouri Department of Conservation.
Just the thought of the MDC losing its funding makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. And I think most Missourians would agree, because they know that one of the things that makes Missouri such an incredible place to live, work and play is the beauty and diversity of its wildlands.
By Allison Vaughn
During winter months, I take literally hundreds of photos that (upon a quick scan of each folder) all look the same: golden grass, gray trees, blue skies, dolomite boulders. I like the structure of the winter landscape, the silvery old growth chinquapin oaks, the open-grown post oaks, and the exposed geology.
Posted in Wild Walk
Tagged Allison Vaughn, Asplenium rhizophyllum, ferns, missouri, moss, nature, ozarks, show me oz, The Ozark Highlands of Missouri, Vaughn, walking ferns, wild walk
