How Plants Survive the Winter: Adaptations & Damage
If you’re reading from Wisconsin, you’ve very likely felt the chill in the air this autumn and seen the colors of tree leaves transform from a sea of green into a brilliant portrait of reds, golds and browns. While the fall is a great time for us to get outdoors and enjoy the sights, sounds […]
The Witches Garden
From Shakespeare to J.K. Rowling – we seem to have an undying curiosity of what plants the witches used… and for what. With Halloween right around the corner, we thought we would share some with you. Shakespeare gave us the most recognizable and infamous of all incantations with the three Scottish witches in Macbeth: “Eye […]
Pollinator Migration Roundup: Who Stays and Who Goes?
When record-breaking cold temperatures hit Wisconsin during our brutal winters, some of us endure the piles and piles of snow that arrive while others travel to warmer destinations. It turns out, pollinators do the same thing: some of them stay and some of them go. Pollinators that migrate to climates that are warmer and closer […]
