Look For More Beauty: ImproVerse Haiku

ByDavid Kuhns August 5, 2019August 19, 2019

When you take time to/ Look and find more beauty amidst the wildflowers near Chickamauga butterfly - August 2019
look for beauty, you might be/
rewarded with more.

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

Missing Wildflowers: Nature Haiku
ByDavid Kuhns July 2, 2019August 21, 2019

Folks look at my yard/ and see lots of grass to mow./ They miss wildflowers.

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Setting Of October’s Super Moon: Haiku
ByDavid Kuhns October 14, 2019October 16, 2019

I’m cross-posting these poems in my CyranoWriter.com creative writing blog.

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Barred Owl in Hickory Tree
ByDavid Kuhns April 19, 2018

Coming through the woods at about 8:15 a.m. today, I spotted what I think is a barred owl in a shagbark hickory tree. It was surveying the white crownbeard wildflower patch, before heading off to a higher viewpoint. Here’s the YouTube video. I also joined eBird, run by Cornell University’s Lab of Ornithology. Looks to…

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Nature Haibun -- Prose + Haiku | Nature's Garden: Gardening and Land Management

Earth + Us Part 2: Weeding Uncovers Treasures Haiku
ByDavid Kuhns January 5, 2021January 6, 2021

Weeding out the bad/ that shouldn’t be there makes room for the good that should. Backstory: My wife wrote Earth + Us about pulling privet. This is an update. I was motivated to pull out a massive clump of several very old and large privet on my NW Georgia property (privet is an invasive, non-native…

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Eat Your Yard | Natural Remedies | Nature's Laws

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 Observation | Nature's Guys Thinking and Pondering

Robin Totem & My Supermodel for Joy
ByMarnie February 8, 2021February 8, 2021

Last week Dave and I were outside and saw a flock of robins – twenty or so. We were both shocked to see robins at the beginning of February in Northwest Georgia. Anytime Dave spots something in nature that’s unusual, he takes note and points it out to me. Years ago a friend taught me…

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