Strong winds whipped trees to the breaking point throughout the Cedar Springs area causing great damage. Power outage hit much of Cedar Springs where homes were without electricity for 24 hours or longer. Tiny insects like the Harvester butterfly survived. I saw one standing in its usual haunt on a following sunny day. My article… Read more »
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Ranger Steve’s Nature Niche: Sensing Sequence and Succession
RANGER STEVE’S NATURE NICHE Sensing Sequence and Succession By Ranger Steve Mueller Sequence of flowers through the seasons brings new beauty to our eyes and nose with each passing week as spring progresses from brown duff to the laying of autumn leaves. The sequence fills our senses of sight and smell but delicate, rough, smooth,… Read more »
NATIVE PLANT SALE GOES VIRTUAL AND BREAKS SALES RECORDS
7th ANNUAL NATIVE PLANT SALE GOES VIRTUAL AND BREAKS SALES RECORDS In April, the WORC board debated whether to cancel the seventh annual native plant sale and garden tour. On the one hand, a large, public fundraiser in the middle of a worldwide epidemic in our Native Plant Education Garden would be risky, but cancellation… Read more »
Ranger Steve’s Nature Niche – Mid and Late Summer Flowers
RANGER STEVE’S NATURE NICHE Mid and Late Summer Flowers By Ranger Steve Mueller The progression of flower blooms advances faster than I can keep record or even identify. Grasses and sedges bloom with cryptic flowers. Many are fairly easy to identify but it takes practice. I should have taken a grass and sedge course to… Read more »
Ranger Steve’s Nature Niche – Flashing Fireflies
RANGER STEVE’S NATURE NICHE Flashing Fireflies By Ranger Steve Mueller It was a dark night with a hidden moon. During that special time, the moon and the sun are on the same side of the Earth. It is a time the moon is nowhere to be seen and is a miraculous time to enjoy the… Read more »