Springcreekland —by Joe Scheidler

We are fast approaching the doldrums of summer, when tomatoes and sweet corn ripen, cicadas and crickets sing, and a string of oppressively ...

It is the nature of beavers to bring change. Where they go, new and improved ecosystems follow. What was once a slow, babbling brook becom...

It’s wild raspberry season and our morning routine has been amended. We head out while the dew is heavy and are soon wet from wading through...

NOAA and USDA have issued an early drought warning that includes all of our state.  I prefer exceptionally wet conditions to drought.  Even ...

There is a fine little creek that runs over a quarter mile through our property.  It's a bit of a rarity in these parts both because it...

I am often reminded of a scene from A Christmas Story where Flick has his tongue stuck to the flagpole.  His friend, Ralphie, is heading bac...

I was in the yard this week and saw a group of cedar waxwings in a hawthorn tree, feeding voraciously on flower petals.  I didn't know ...