By James C. Trager, Ph.D. / Restoration Biologist / Shaw Nature Reserve An article from the Wild Ones Journal – lays out the issues regarding planting tropical milkweed for monarch butterflies, and suggests a solution to the possible issue of causing increase protozoan parasite infection, namely, mowing patches of this plant down…
PROGRAM A spectacular wind and rain storm coincided with the start time of our meeting. Therefore, the tour of the native gardens around Chesterfield City Hall was postponed until after the indoor presentation. The weather event resulted in our lowest meeting attendance in years: twelve members and four guests. Melinda…
By Sue Leahy When invitations came my way toward the end of last year to host a Wild Ones meeting and be on the Master Gardener tour, I decided that since we were going to “spruce up” the gardens for these tours that I would host an open house for the…
PROGRAM Fran Glass hosted two yard tours at her Crestwood home: Wednesday evening July 2 and Saturday morning July 12. Her yard is Platinum Certified though St. Louis Audubon’s Bring Conservation Home program. A total of 70 members and guests attended. Betty Struckhoff conducted the meeting on July 2, Ed…
Many gardeners focus on planting in the spring, and there are lots of opportunities to buy plants. Fall is a great time to plant too, but finding plants often isn’t as easy. If you’re looking to do more gardening this fall, here are some opportunities. Shaw Wildflower Market – Friday, Sept….
By Kathy Bildner Over the last month we have been watching as she sat on the nest, hatched out two babies and raised them. The last one left this weekend. Click any image for a larger version.
By Susan Lanigan You’ve probably heard about the importance of keeping rainwater on your property to reduce stormwater runoff and minimize your dependence on irrigation, but how do you actually do that? EarthDance Farm is offering three opportunities to learn rainwater harvesting techniques from Jeff Adams, founder of Terrasophia. Wednesday, August 27th, 6:00-8:00 pm….
By Margy Terpstra I first found out about this new book from a link on Doug Tallamy’s website. Doug was interviewed in his home garden by Kim Eierman, founder of EcoBeneficial! Doug describes the book near the end of the interview as, “Two-thirds Rick’s book, one-third mine. I like to…
By Bill and Linda Bennett We got interested in the virtues of native plants after hearing Scott Woodbury give a short talk at a gardening workshop at Meramec Community College many years ago, and began planting shortly after that. We have no idea how many species we’ve accumulated over the…
By Peggy Whetzel Things have changed in the aquariums overnight. Rather suddenly, the pipevine quit vanishing so quickly and several chrysalises have formed, so there’s less pressure to provide food. It’s becoming a “pupation station” instead. I’d heard the caterpillars would eat for five weeks, but these finished in about…
