spring wildflowers

The first half of May (remember, lately the first and second halves of the month are dramatically different from one another) wraps up with cooler than…

Early spring leaves are beginning to emerge, but the forest floor wildflowers are soaking up as much sun as they can before being shaded by the leaf…

Take advantage of the breezy days; Larry Weber says the northwesterly winds this morning are doing a fine job of keeping the mosquitos and blackflies…

Mother Nature's in no hurry to balance out our too-dry conditions, although a little rain the other did day help.And it sure gave "the greening" a goose…

Tra la, it's May, the lusty month of MayThat lovely month when everyone goes blissfully astrayTra la, it's here, that shocking time of yearWhen tons of…

Monday, May 27: winter (high temp 45°)Tuesday, May 28: spring (high temp 61°)Wednesday, May 29: summer (high temp 81°)Thursday, May 30: autumn (high temp…

Larry Weber is an educator, author and naturalist and he joins us every Friday for Backyard Almanac.

Who woulda thunk, in the midst of the April 15 blizzard, that a month later we'd hit a record-breaking 88 degrees?In fact, who woulda thunk on Wednesday…

This week's warmup has spring things bustin' out all over, from frogs calling to dragonfly and spider web sightings, to new migrants, spring wildflowers…

Tra-la! It's May! And Larry Weber reports the spring ephemerals are in full bloom and Jay Cooke State Park is the place to see them.