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Still hard to believe there was a time when I didn't have this in my backyard. It was all empty lawn... But even harder to believe most people still don't.
Common milkweed seed pods on the dunes along Lake Michigan in the Point Beach State Forest just before sunrise.
Just got home after spending the last five days camping in the Point Beach State Forest. Always a great time!
I made a yellow garden spider coaster based on a photo I took of one last month in the Smolenski park prairie restoration.
Buckthorn was removed from the wooded strip at the Smolenski park prairie restoration entrance trail this week. It may just be a small space, but this particular section of the park is popular with migrating songbirds and the removal of invasives here is a big deal!
I've waited so many years to see a snake in my yard after I installed my native plant gardens. It finally happened! A plains garter snake was on my patio near my garden pond!








































