Outdoors column: The wind can be harsh, but we need it
The uneven heating of the Earth is especially prominent as winter turns to spring, which is why March comes in like a lion with roaring winds.
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Outdoors column: March into this month listening and looking
March really does have a chance to become my favorite month, perhaps because it is full of promise.
Outdoors column: Winter’s cold has many redeeming qualities
Cold weather can be good for us, wildlife, gardens and the crops we grow in the Midwest.
Outdoors column: Joys and pitfalls of feeding birds in winter
Bird-feeding, if done properly, can help these birds survive.
Outdoors column: Take advantage of nature’s free gift of snow
It’s not your imagination that it’s quieter when snow falls. It’s a scientific phenomenon.
Outdoors column: Be thankful for fallen leaves
The Xerces Society says, “Leaves are habitat, not trash.”
Outdoors column: Snow birds are harbingers of winter
What I love most about juncos is that even a casual nature watcher can find them, and enjoy their spritely antics on a dreary day.
Outdoors column: Shrubs, understory trees colorful in autumn
Horticulturist Michael Dirr, author of “Dirr’s Hardy Trees and Shrubs,” calls the hues “shades of fluorescent pink and rose-red to grape-juice purple-red.”
Outdoors column: Black walnuts make squirrels happy
On October hikes, I must be careful not to step on the sticky, green-husked nuts strewn along sidewalks.
Outdoors column: Yard plant inventory yields joys, surprises
Fall is a good time to do an inventory because some flowers are still blooming, and those that are past their prime still can be identified by leaf shape and...