Weekly Puzzler #215: Aggressive, High-Climbing Vine with Three Broad Leaflets
If you live anywhere in the south, it’s pretty likely you’ve seen this next puzzler. It’s a vine that is super aggressive. When you see it, it is usually covering
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Weekly Puzzler Answer #213
Did you recognize the leaves and red berries in last week’s puzzler? It is a shrub sold at nurseries called Nandina, or Heavenly Bamboo, also known as Nandina domestica, Sacred
Weekly Puzzler #214: Vine with Heart-Shaped Leaves and Unusual Yellowish, Green Flowers
Since we’ve been on the subject of plants, let’s do another one. You can often find this next puzzler in the woods, often climbing up trees or vines. It has
Weekly Puzzler #213: Cane-Like Stems, Red Berries and Compound Leaves
Let me tell you a story. For many years we had several of these small trees growing in the woods in the front of our house, beside our azalea, and
Weekly Puzzler Answer #212
When I first saw this vine from last week’s puzzler it was covering everything in sight and I thought surely it must be an invasive plant. I took some photos
Watch Bluebird Parents Feeding Their Babies
Thankfully the family of bluebirds we had in our backyard has fledged successfully. When we had several nights in the forecast with temperatures in the low 30’s, it was worrisome,
Weekly Puzzler Answer #211
The small shrub from last week’s puzzler was Japanese Barberry, Berberis thunbergii. It is non-native, invasive, yet common shrub used in landscaping–it’s hard to go down any road in any