Petey will never be a learned fellow, but he’s a pretty nice fella.
Tufted evening primrose (Oenothera caespitosa) is beautiful wildflower of the uplands. And though seeing it on a summer hike sounds hot and grueling, it does bloom into the fall. If you want one for your own habitat, it is grown commercially, so look for it in a good little nursery. But I do hope you stumble upon it on an early morning hike in the hills.
It’s fun to have favorite plants to look for on excursions into the hills. Looking back at photos and my notes, we have been...
I remember now that I had recorded an episode about bush muhly (Muhlenbergia porteri) several years ago, so it must have been time to...
One day several years ago I sat down and wrote this story about growing up in Kentucky. I still sit and hand write my...