A nice bonus to going to see the trillium at the Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area is the impressive display of mayapple wildflowers. Mayapples are very unique with the flower forming below the leaves at the intersection of the two stems. They are one of my wife’s favorite spring flowers. Tweet
Now that I have your attention ladies… we went to see the large flowered trillium near Linden this past Friday. It was past peak but there were still some beauties…
The showy orchis is another pretty orchid that grows in our woods. Here are a few pics: Tweet
My dad gave us three wild azalea plants which are blooming. I’ve been protecting them from deer with cages, but may remove one of the cages to see what happens.…
Spring wildflower season is in full swing. Here is a photo of wild geranium along our driveway: Tweet
Yesterday I posted a picture of the most common yellow wildflower. Today I’m featuring rare yellow beauties we are fortunate to have growing in the woods around our house… yellow…
My daughter likes to pick the dandelions in our yard, which is a good thing because it prevents them from going to seed. Tweet
Here’s a recent trailcam series capturing a young buck posing for several pictures in the early morning fog. In the final frame, he is crossing his legs as he dashes…
On my last day of a work assignment in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, I visited the Yankauer Nature Preserve after work. It’s a former farmland property donated by…
Here’s a neat looking green wildflower we found growing on our property. We’ve really been enjoying spring this year. Some years it seems like we almost go straight from winter…
Virginia picked a good tree for the state tree and flower. This is one we planted in the front yard. Unfortunately, the tree doesn’t look very good from some angles.…
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