Umm. It's shady in there... definitely no Daylilies in the Redwood understory.

That will make for an impressively sized capsule!

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Spring Native Plant Sale May 16 www.hawkmountain.org/events/sprin...

Blue and purple flowers of Common blue violet.

Blue and purple flowers of Common blue violet.

Today's ground cover tip is brought to you by Common blue violet (Viola sororia).

Trump administration orders dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service Late Tuesday afternoon, with the subtlety of a wrecking ball and the morality of a foreclosure notice, the Trump administration announced the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the ...

“They’re destroying more than fifty research facilities across thirty-one states, labs that house decades of irreplaceable long-term science…And they’re replacing all of it — the offices, the scientists, the institutional knowledge, the professional independence — with fifteen political appointees”

A large patch of Lyre-leaved rockcress (Arabidopsis lyrata) with white bell-shaped blooms.

Lyre-leaved rockcress (Arabidopsis lyrata) in one of our seed-increase plots. Last night's soaking rain did not dim their shine. 💎

Jesus Republics say, "God puts in power who he wants." Sane people reply, "Then why do you still vote?"

Eostre, Ostara ...... Easter

A backyard pond with goldfish and yellow blooms on the Marsh marigold plants

Every year it's obligatory that I take a photo of the Marsh marigolds (Caltha palustris) blooming on the edge of the goldfish pond. I'll soon be able to do some phenology tracking.

Yellow blooms and gray green foliage of Yellow fumewort (Corydalis flavula).

One of the cheeriest winter annuals, Yellow fumewort (Corydalis flavula) is blooming in south central Pennsylvania.

The picture, with the "s" hidden, is worth a thousand words.

DCNR: Since 2023, US Bureau Of Economic Analysis Data Shows PA Outdoor Recreation Economy Grew By 21%, Added 12,000 Jobs [PaEN] tinyurl.com/3j5dy5wx

Traffic Noise Makes Caterpillars' Hearts Beat Faster The ongoing racket may interfere with the larvae’s response to stress

This study is from 2018, but I only just learned about it. Nothing surprising here really, but it’s upsetting nonetheless. As someone said, add in lawnmowers, leaf blowers…

#pollinators

Traffic noise also makes my heart rate go up...and I imagine many other species.

Probably the least thing to worry about given the state of the world, but he ruined my neighborhood for me because now I know how many bigots live in it. I can't take a walk without remembering the houses that had, and still have, his sign in the yard and knowing what that says about my neighbors.

Hiker hugging the base of a Coastal Redwood tree.

I hugged a tree today.

Big Lots has sold a warehouse in Tremont Township on Rausch Creek Rd, Pennsylvania to the feds for an ICE detention facility, according to the Republican Herald.

Big Lots has sold a warehouse in Tremont Township on Rausch Creek Rd, Pennsylvania to the feds for an ICE detention facility, according to the Republican Herald. #pennsylvania #schuylkillcounty

Wildlife For Everyone Foundation: Game Commission Seedlings for Schools Program Starts Accepting Orders Feb. 2 [PaEN] tinyurl.com/4akym2sz

A wooden seed display rack and an orange tabby cat

The new seed display rack has been approved by the supervisor of feline QC.

And "christmas trees" are also pagan symbols.

We will either end fossil fuel dependency and the predatory extractivist basis of global production, or they will end us through wars and ecological collapse - all at the same time.

I got the same one. It sounds like it's going to be an expensive year.

You're welcome. Happy new year to you too!

Stop being koi with me. You're betta than that.

This is the first time I've heard it called "whiskey grass." It's much less misleading than "Broomsedge."

Happy sowing!

Bahttodea, the grumpy cockroach family

Thanks for the feedback! We're really just a couple plant nerds enabling other plant nerds.

Sunrise over a snow covered meadow.

The light returns. The Winter Solstice brings warmth, light and the promise of spring. #wintersolstice