Monthly Archives: July 2021

Click for audio: The shortgrass prairie and weeds The Penn State Extension states that “a weed is a plant out of place, not intentionally sown, whose undesirable qualities outweigh its good points.” This is a very relativistic definition of a … Continue reading →

Click for audio version of this blog: Hall Ranch Open Space It is funny how much habit rather than choice or need or even desire controls what we do. For example, in our old home town back in Pennsylvania, in … Continue reading →

Audio-High Plains Environmental Center Deborah, Marian and Ari and I drove to the High Plains Environmental Center in Loveland a few weeks ago. It was a sunny, hot, late May afternoon, and we had arranged to pick up an assortment … Continue reading →

Audio-Trip to Seattle part 4 Continuing on our drive to Seattle we crossed over the Blue Mountains in eastern Oregon. To the overland traveling covered wagons on the Oregon Trail , the Blue Mountains were the last big barrier to … Continue reading →