This year the ginseng is unfurling a little earlier than it has in recent years. I was surprised to find it already coming up when I checked yesterday. Here’s a blog post I just made over on my nursery website:… Read the rest “Ginseng Unfurling 2024”
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2018 Spring Awakening Watch – First Native Flowers of the Ozarks
It’s mid-March 2018 and I’m watching for the first native flowers of the Ozarks to start blooming. I particularly love the ephemeral blooms of early spring, like the bloodroot and Dutchmen’s breeches. Scroll down to see pictures and keep up … Read the rest “2018 Spring Awakening Watch – First Native Flowers of the Ozarks”
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Virginia Creeper Seedling in my Ebony Spleenwort Fern
There’s a Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) seedling creeping up toward the light in my spleenwort fern (Asplenium platyneuron) container. I watched it for a few days with a suspicious eye as it unfurled, because I thought it might be a poison … Read the rest “Virginia Creeper Seedling in my Ebony Spleenwort Fern”
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How Ginseng Stewardship Also Benefits the Landowner
Someone asked me yesterday about how ginseng stewardship benefits the landowner. It stumped me at first, because I’d never considered it from that angle.
What is Stewardship?
To steward something is to manage or take care of something. The short … Read the rest “How Ginseng Stewardship Also Benefits the Landowner”
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Welcome! You’re at the home of Wild Ozark’s “No-Tap” Kindle Picture Books on Nature
A Kindle Picture Book from Wild Ozark makes a wonderful anytime gift for yourself or the nature lover in your life!
“No-Tap” Kindle Picture Books on Nature
The fact that you’re here means you must be one of my Kindle … Read the rest “Welcome! You’re at the home of Wild Ozark’s “No-Tap” Kindle Picture Books on Nature”
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Early Spring Plants of the Woodlands in Madison County Arkansas
I got a late start photographing the early spring plants this year (2017). They started without me and I’ve already missed some of them.
These are some of the plants unfurling and blooming on April 1 in the woodland habitats … Read the rest “Early Spring Plants of the Woodlands in Madison County Arkansas”
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Questing for Gold: Digging goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis)
If you’re looking for my posts on ginseng, please visit ginseng.wildozark.com. Most of the posts have been moved over there.
Email me if you’re having trouble finding the information you’re looking for and I’ll be glad to help!
madison@wildozark.comAn … Read the rest “Questing for Gold: Digging goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis)”
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Nature-Influenced Writing
I write fiction and nonfiction, all of which is nature-influenced. Nonfiction topics include useful plants, ginseng. Fiction is rural fantasy.
Nature-Influenced Nonfiction
My nonfiction titles are all short books on American ginseng, useful plants, and nature. Most are available as … Read the rest “Nature-Influenced Writing”
