The month of June is Wisconsin's annual Invasive Species Awareness Month. 2017's theme is "Protect the Places Where you Play: Keep Invasives Out!" One of the tools created for this year's focus is a new video. To introduce children and adults to three specific invasive species, Wisconsin's First … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2017
Memorial Day
Officially, Memorial Day is intended to honor the soldiers who fought and died for us in American conflicts and is celebrated on the last Monday in May as a federal holiday. I prefer to think of Memorial Day, however, as a time to remember all the soldiers who died for us and those who aided our … [Read more...]
Watch for Neonicotinoids Use on Nursery Grown Plants
This is the time of year we are all out looking for plants (native or otherwise) to add to our gardens or with which to make new ones. I especially go nuts for the non-native pansies in the spring; my mother's favorite flower. But we need to be aware there are nursery plants still being grown with … [Read more...]
What grows under Black Walnut trees?
What grows under Black Walnut trees? Because Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) trees produce a toxic chemical called juglone (5 hydroxy-1,4- napthoquinone), often the typical non-native plants grown in typical yards do not do well. Many native species, however, have adapted. … [Read more...]
News from National Wildlife Federation (NWF)
I know I'm a little late with this info, but better late than never. There are two bits of news from NWF that I want to share with you. SIGN UP FOR GARDEN FOR WILDLIFE E-NEWSLETTER If you sign up by May 31, 2017 for the National Wildlife Federation's Garden for Wildlife e-Newsletter, you will be … [Read more...]
White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) – A Sure Sign of Spring
On our way to our hunting property, we often drive through a hardwoods area that always lifts my spirits no matter what the time of year. During the spring turkey hunting season, typically the White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) is the flower lifting my spirits, but there are many other … [Read more...]