Aug 23, 2019
Oak trees are slow to reach puberty. So, if the oak in your yard drops acorns on your lawn, it has to be at least 50 years old. If you just planted one, be patient.
Aug 16, 2019
Tooltip TextRabbits don’t like to be called mom and dad. They prefer to be addressed as does and bucks. And they call their young children kittens or kits. Their long ears can hear a sound up to 2 miles away. And their front teeth never stop...
Aug 16, 2019
The purple coneflower found on the Green Bay Trail, and in flower beds of many Glencoe homes, can stir more than your heart. As a member of the Echinacea flower species, they make great herbal tea, purported to help strength the immune system. An extract of these...
Aug 16, 2019
A Monarch caterpillar doesn’t like to talk while they are an eating. They can wolf down an entire milkweed leaf in 5 minutes.
Jul 19, 2019
Screeching owls on the Green Bay Trail can warn you of impending disaster or death? At least ancient Romans believed that owls had this power, foretelling the deaths of Julius Caesar, Commodus Aurelius and Agrippa.
Jul 19, 2019
The next time that you go to the health club, try sweating like a tree. A large oak or beech tree will evaporate 10 to 25 gallons of water in one day.
