It’s late July and I’ve finally seen my first monarch butterfly, but only after the Liatris ligulistylis started blooming. This is a very, very late start. In 2010 I raised 200...
09/05/2022
A version of this article originally appeared in the Spring 2022 edition of Wings magazine. What’s the best thing to do with a banana peel? According to my Grandma Foltz: set...
08/25/2022
Want to 'save the bees'? Skip the honeybee hives and grow native plants People have embraced the 'Save the Bees' slogan — but few understand which bees need saving Author of the...
08/21/2022
There are few things more American than the concept of expansive lawns. We love our dutiful blades of grass, all lined up and trimmed, just waiting to receive picnic blankets...
08/18/2022
The following is a memo outlining a recovery plan for monarch butterflies. On 1 March I received an email from a person well connected with monarchs asking me to prepare a...
08/12/2022