Who were the women who had the vision to create an organization still in existence today, and how did they manage to build their club house during the Great Depression?
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Garden Guides: Modern Victory Gardens
How do you start a modern victory garden? Grow what you like to eat! Eat what you grow. Any crop you can produce yourself is one less thing you have to drive to the market for.
Nature Journeys: Spring Migration
April is a prime time for birding in our Sky Island region, as resident, wintering, and neotropical migrants are all present.
Starstruck: Wandering
There are times when we look for something specific and, when found, rejoice in our persistence. But, when chance alone delivers a gift, ah, that’s when all is right in the world.
Let’s Go Get Stones: Digging the Past
Many important dinosaur remains have been found all over this state. From my backyard I can look and see the places where fossils exist.
Garden Guides: Dividing Perennials
The process of division is quite simple and you don’t have to be too gentle about it.
Nature Journeys: Gray Hawk, Ghostly Grim Reaper
Though our Raven’s Nest Nature Sanctuary hosts many raptors, it is the 18-ounce gray hawks that capture my imagination the most. Their characteristic call is a lilting, haunting whistle.
Let’s Go Get Stones: Land of Leaverite
The glint in the black sand at the bottom of a pan can give momentary rise to an elevated feeling of Eureka! Only to be followed by the feeling of anti-Eureka, whatever the name for that is.
Starstruck: Orion Rules the Sky
There’s an awful lot of astronomy to be learned from the Hunter and his loyal Big Dog. If you’re thinking of a place to delve into the cosmos, this is it.
Glimpses Into Our Past: Crittenden Chronicles
Harry Barnett was one of the cattle barons of Crittenden. In 1895 he came into serious conflict with another prominent local businessman, W. R. Sprecher.