Yes, we normally think of milkweed a summer blooming wildflower, but the seeds are beginning to fly from their pods, so I couldn't resist a post on them in October.…

Have you noticed an invasion of your home by small brown bugs this autumn? These are brown marmorated stink bugs. Halyomorpha halys (Stål), the "Brown Marmorated Stink Bug," was accidentally…

We have run into morning fogs from time to time. Sometimes there is just a whisp in the valleys, while other times we hesitate to drive to work because the…

In the Spring, we like Meadowlark Meadow for the melodies of all the nesting songbirds. But by August, the native grasses are taller than I am, and the Summer flowers,…

Each fall, hundreds of millions of monarch butterflies migrate from the United States and Canada to overwintering areas in Mexico and California where they wait out the winter until conditions…

Last week it rained for about 48 hours, it seemed, and we got almost 7 inches total at the Nature Preserve. The Frog Pond rose, making the dock look like…

Early Spring wildflowers are a daily surprise in the Woodland Garden at the Nature Preserve. The pop up with little notice, so you have to visit as often as possible…

Have you heard a strange, ethereal sound overhead in the last few days? Run outside, and you may be fortunate to see Sandhill Cranes on the move migrating over Kentucky,…