Grocery stores, food trailers, restaurants, delivery services, and farmers markets all make accessing food easy for most of us but finding and harvesting food in the wild is its own…
kolenickJuly 8, 2021
But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, bust and door; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook…
kolenickMay 4, 2021
At the end of March, a Black-chinned Hummingbird buzzed by a window in Dripping Springs, Texas, beneath which a large, lush Salvia greggii (Autumn sage) would normally be in bloom,…
kolenickApril 6, 2021
When we wrote last month’s blog, Texas Trees and Shrubs: Leaf Out, little did we know what lie in store just a week later when a historic freeze plunged Texas,…
kolenickMarch 4, 2021
Have you ever met a phenologist? As defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, phenology is “the study of cyclic and seasonal natural phenomena, especially in relation to climate and plant and…
kolenickFebruary 5, 2021
As the year winds down, year-end lists wind up. Songs, movies, books, and more are ranked. What were the hits for 2020 and what were the misses? We decided to…
kolenickJanuary 4, 2021
When you think of Texas critters, certain wildlife icons immediately jump to mind—armadillos, Texas horned lizards, Mexican free-tailed bats. Although found plenty of places across the U.S., rattlesnakes and white-tailed…
kolenickDecember 7, 2020
A medium-size cedar (female Ashe juniper well past 14 years old) has been developing an unusually bare bottom over the past year or so. The property owner had noticed the…
kolenickNovember 2, 2020
Croton is having a moment this year in Texas. Like it or not, you may have noticed a bumper crop of one-seed croton, Texas croton, or woolly croton on your…
kolenickOctober 6, 2020
