Perseids & Fiddlers

On the past few nights, I went out back to observe the annual Perseid meteor shower, which generally peaks from August 11-14.  Produced by r...

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First Annual Cicadas

As warm, muggy air pushed back into Missouri, I heard the first annual cicadas in our shade trees last evening.  After several years undergr...

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Cheerful Exterminators

Since purchasing our Littleton, Colorado, farm in 1990, we have decided not to use herbicides or pesticides on the property.  While insects ...

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Birth, Death & Survival

Following the gradual thaw of March and the steady transition of April, an explosion of life occurs in May and June across the Northern Hemi...

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