Summer Grape is Very Important to the Florida Ecosystem introduces readers to this native vine. It explains how the edible fruit are consumed by many birds, mammals, and reptiles and how nature uses the vine for shelter and nesting material.
Gardenia in Blue I have always loved gardenia flowers. Their powerful fragrance and the beautiful ways the petals fold on...
Golden and Grey Sometimes when editing photos it’s fun to make changes that we know would never happen in real...
The Beautiful Florida State Flower is the Tickseed introduces one type of tickseed flower, Leavenworth’s tickseed, that is found only in Florida. It explains the tickseed’s family connections, habitat, and it’s use as an ornamental flower.
First Frost With summer in full swing it’s hot down here in Florida. Fortunately for us, we are pretty used...
Turkey Tangle: Beautiful Ground Cover or Invasive Weed? tells the story of this pretty little plant as a native wildflower, ornamental ground cover, and invasive weed. Which do you think?
Falling Branches This old live oak tree lived in the Gothe State Forest for many, many years and died long...
Wild Radish is Beautiful and Quite Edible shows readers what wild radishes look like and relays some interesting facts about the plant. It then goes on to explain how the root, leaves, flowers, seeds, and seed pods can be eaten.
Curls of Green Here in central Florida our spring began pretty normally, but for about two months we got no...
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