Michelle Jun 24, 20211 min readNative Plants Are Toad-ApprovedA toad decided to bed down in our native bluestem grass. Normally a prairie species, it’s damp from all the rain and quite to his liking.
Michelle Jun 13, 20211 min readCaterpillars Caterpillars EverywherePictures of Monarch caterpillars on three kinds of milkweed and the inside scoop on which is their favorite. 🐛
Michelle Apr 10, 20212 min readHow deep are your roots?Have you ever been cleaning up the garden in the spring and plucked the stalk of a dead annual from the garden store, only to have a...
Michelle Apr 9, 20211 min readPeep if You Love Native PlantsOne of the benefits of growing pesticide-free native plants is that you don't have to worry about the health of spring peepers you find...
Michelle Mar 31, 20211 min readWhat have we done?Now those flats are carpeted with seedlings... Prairie Smoke, Pale Purple Cone, and Northern Blazing Star.