As I was driving down my friend's drive way last year, I noticed a tree with beautiful yellow leaves but I didn't know for sure what kind of tree it was. I noticed unusual corky ridges running along its stems and the texture caught my eye—those wing-like growths looked unlike anything else in the area!… Continue reading Winged Elm
Hackberry nature journal time! We had a great time talking about the ways this plant benefits our world. In November last year I noticed an abundance of hackberries and service berries around our parks. I made a mental note that we would spend time during the fall harvesting some of "Nature's Candy" for our nature… Continue reading Hackberry
I'm going off script today since we spent a week in Idaho and part of our nature study was walking the Snake River Canyon and noticing the different plants growing in "Magic Valley!" There is sagebrush everywhere and when it is really windy it's so fun to see the tumbleweeds blowing over the roads! I… Continue reading Sagebrush
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