Episodes

You know them, you hate them, but why not learn a bit about them?--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/followfox/suppo...

Conscious action leads to stronger communities, and a more sustainable way of life. Sustain the ones who sustain you and the Earth will live forever.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a po...

This power trio has been around for centuries. Not only are corn, beans, and squash important nutritionally, they have an important place in culture as well.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to m...

Accounts of eerie encounters in the woods--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/followfox/support

Take a look at three sumacs of North America, and one impostor.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/followfox/support

CW: mention of a pet's death. In honor of Juniper the cat, we learn about juniper the plant.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https:...

There is technically no such thing as a seagull; learn why!--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/followfox/support

"The Dog Days of Summer" Audry Heller. "August" Brian Strand. "Surviving August" David J. Walker. "Dog Days of Summer" Marylin Lott. "An August Cricket" Arthur Goodenough. "Late August" Ency Bearis.--- This episode is spo...

These 3 long legged, long necked birds can be hard to tell apart on first glance. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.f...

Ancient, important, and threatened. These fish are the oldest and largest species in the Great Lakes.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcas...

Also known as Bulrush, Reeds, Reedmace, Punks, Raupo, or *ahem* Hot Dog Grass.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fo...

It's rabbit season! Remember to not touch any baby bunnies you find in your yard.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm...

"To a Hummingbird" John Vance Cheney. "The Humming-Bird" Emily Dickinson. "Mr. Hummingbird" Hope Kingsley. "Fly Close, Hummingbird" Jared Eli. "Hummingbird" Ahmad Cox. "Humming-bird" D. H. Lawrence. "Hummingbird" Mark Roper. ...

CW: blood, guts, body functions. Vultures, sometimes called Buzzards in North America, are misunderstood sanitation engineers of the sky.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https...

A favorite May flower. "Lilacs" by Helen E. Maring. "Lilacs" by George B. Griffith. "Lilac Bush" by Hilda Conckling. "Lilac Trees" by Larkspur.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast....

Not a shed like a building, but shedding lime fur sheds. Look at the ground, and you'll see how we're impacting bodies of water.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor...

When you wish upon a star, does the star hear you?--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/followfox/support

A little history behind the most well known creature of Ireland.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/followfox/suppor...

A bit about a bright red bird. "Why the Red Bird is Red" from Cherokee tradition.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm...

You may hear it in the weather forecast, but what exactly is lake effect snow and why does it worry so many people?--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Suppo...

Well, it's Groundhog Day...again. Learn a little bit more about Punxsutawney Phil and the mystetious Inner Circle of the Groundhog Club.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https:...

"The Evergreen Tree" Dane Sprinkle. "Blue Jay and Evergreen Tree" Nicole Corea May. "Evergreen" Evelyn Smith. "Below a Douglas Fir" James Fraser. "Pine Trees" Robert Laurence Binyon. "A Pinecone" Any Ludwig VanDerwater. "Pine...

Not uncommon, but still mysterious. Sun Dogs hold a special place in my heart. Poems: "Sun Dogs" by Discoveria. "Sundogs" by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater. "The Sundogs" by Phil Ellsworth.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anch...

The oldest form of human powered transportation. "Winter Love Note" by Kendall Grant. "Snowshoeing Through Life" by Frances M. Thompson. "William Making Snowshoes" by Margaret Noodin.--- This episode is sponsored by · An...