Nature Observation | Nature's Garden: Gardening and Land Management

Reconnecting With My 27 Backyard Tree Species: Haiku

ByDavid Kuhns July 3, 2019August 20, 2019

Hi, my deep-rooted/
woods friends. I’m sad I’ve not been/
near. I’ll tread barefoot. 27 different tree species in my backyard -- I need to connect

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Harvesting Elderberries, NOT Pokeweed / Pokeberries!
ByDavid Kuhns September 1, 2021September 12, 2025

Lots of folks are out harvesting elderberries, especially the North American native American Elderberry, or Sambucus Canadensis. Health benefits abound! BUT, many people are posting photos of Pokeweed or Pokeberry (also known as Pokesalat) on social media, and asking: Are these Elderberries? NO! And knowing the difference when you’re harvesting elderberries is critical! Pokeweed berries…

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Nature's Garden: Gardening and Land Management

Planting Rainy Day Perspective Change
ByDavid Kuhns March 19, 2018March 27, 2018

It always strikes me as strange when folks say they can’t work in the rain. I’m learning that people in different parts of the country have very different perspectives on working in the rain. I lived in Seattle for nearly three decades. What happens when you have plans to work in the yard in Seattle…

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Identifying Plants In Our Yard
ByDavid Kuhns May 9, 2018June 10, 2018

Identifying plants — especially native ones — can be a somewhat difficult process, especially if you’ve moved (as I have) to a bio-zone different from where you’ve lived before. I was talking about this issue with my brother Gene, out in Washington State. He’s gotten very good at identifying native plants on Vashon Island, where…

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Heeding Nature’s Calls To Love Her: My Nature’s Guy Manifesto
ByDavid Kuhns February 18, 2022February 24, 2022

Nature’s calls resonate all around me. Whether I’m home on the banks of the West Chickamauga Creek in Northwest Georgia, at my Dad’s on Lake Winneconne, Wisconsin, or visiting my children, friends and relatives in Arizona, Utah, Lake Tahoe area or the Pacific Northwest, Nature’s calls reach out to me, grab me and hold me…

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Lighthouse On The Hill — Port of Refuge
ByDavid Kuhns August 14, 2019August 14, 2019

There are times when I don’t know which blog I should post on. Last night’s drive through a torrential lightening and rain storm ended up at our house. Never has it seemed so much like a lighthouse and port of refuge from the storm. I wrote a long description of our experience, and turned it…

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Look For More Beauty: ImproVerse Haiku
ByDavid Kuhns August 5, 2019August 19, 2019

When you take time to/ look for beauty, you might be/ rewarded with more.

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