On my morning bike ride to work one day I spotted some electric blue flowers in my neighbor’s yard—which he has yet to mow this year. Then I saw them a couple other places on my morning route. I took a mental note and resolved to come back during my lunch break and photograph themContinue reading “Chicory”
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What’s growing in my yard?
Taking a break from hiking this week, to learn about three things growing in my backyard (and probably yours). Number 1: Glechoma hederacea, aka “creeping charlie,” “ground ivy,” “alehoof,” “catsfoot,” “field balm,” “Couronne de Terre,” “Run away robin” etc, etc… As its many, many names suggest, this weed has been a part of human lifeContinue reading “What’s growing in my yard?”
recycled paper clips 