by beewisefarm | Mar 9, 2021 | Native Ecology, Native Plants
Video and narration by Sarah Barron @littlelovelywhatnots It’s time to stratify native plant species that require cold-moist conditions. Our preferred method is based on original guidance from our friend Ann Casper. Here’s a quick video that Sarah made while we...
by beewisefarm | Feb 15, 2021 | Insects, Native Ecology, Native Plants, Place, Pollinators
Co-written by Sarah @littlelovelywhatnots and Dan Barron A lighting bug rests under the flower of Anemone virginiana (Tall Thimbleweed). | Photo by Sarah Barron No matter your garden, or gardening experience, planting native species can be aesthetically pleasing while...
by beewisefarm | Dec 22, 2017 | Awareness, Consumerism, Native Ecology, Peace, Place
This Big Blue, Turkey Foot, Andropogon, erupted from sleeping grave, an emergence from the dead, extinct as a union soldier among the toppled limestone graves, a city park, a scarcely populated relic of the past, steep hill, gnarled Oaks, toppled fence and prairie...
by beewisefarm | Nov 23, 2015 | Awareness, Insects, Native Ecology
When packing up for a short paddling trip in mid-September I noticed a monarch chrysalis on the side of my canoe. I carefully removed it and using masking tape attached it to a wire suspended from my house. Weeks passed and other monarchs matured and emerged but this...
by beewisefarm | Oct 1, 2015 | Climate, Place, Pollution