Mayapples, almost ripe. Will I get to them before the wildlife does?

Have you lost a small object down a borehole? Call the auger whisperer!

I love the old Victory Garden pamphlets from the 1940s. They're less glossy than modern Extension factsheets, but can be just as good

Ok, who sent this to me?

I got to see a wonderful little turf soil profile today with a sandy layer of topdressing, which itself had a thin horizon of finer material on top of it (perhaps due to worm castings moving fines up over time?). What would you call these horizons?

One of my students said this root plate was from a basswood. It looked like it was growing in a stream, with almost no aerobic soil for a root zone.

I met this nice cat while attending the Tri-Societies meeting in San Antonio this month. It met me on my walks to and from the convention center for 3 days in a row!