The Frog Chorus Is Back: And Your Great-Grandmother Knew What It Meant
The spring peeper frog chorus is back, and I want to tell you what Missouri settlers knew: those tiny frozen-and-thawed frogs are your planting calendar.
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The Whip-poor-will’s Return: A Sound You Can’t Unhear
I counted a whip-poor-will’s return at 73 calls before it paused—and that sound told Ozark farmers exactly when to plant corn.
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The Flower That Bleeds: What Bloodroot Taught Me About Showing Up Before You’re Ready
A White Square on the Forest Floor I found my first bloodroot of the season yesterday morning, tucked against the base of an oak where the leaf litter had pulled back just enough. Eight white petals, arranged in that odd square shape that makes you do a double-take. By the time I walked back that…
