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Sometimes it's best to live, let live
ARTICLE: Last week I wrote about honeybees at Davenport's Vander Veer Botanical Park; this week I have cicada killer wasps, mosquitoes and Japanese beetles on my mind.
Sep 13, 2009 | 2:00 am | Loading…
Atalissa professor helps heal wounded land
ARTICLE: After 39 years of teaching geoscience at the University of Iowa, Richard Baker retired as a professor emeritus, bought a 120-acre tract of land bordering the Cedar River in Cedar County and began what he now regards as "a lifetime job."
Sep 08, 2009 | 12:10 pm | Loading…
DeWitt scientist seeks to ‘pass it on’
ARTICLE: In the summer of 1984, Gillian Zaharias found herself stepping carefully through tall, marshy reeds along the shore of Little Spirit Lake in northwest Iowa, trying to catch leopard frogs with her sister.
Sep 08, 2009 | 12:10 pm | Loading…
Nahant Marsh faces many battles
ARTICLE: In late 1999, workers with earthmoving equipment rolled into Nahant Marsh, a natural wetlands surrounded by industry in southwest Davenport, ready to do battle with lead contamination that was killing Canada geese there.
Jul 15, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Fascinated by frogs
ARTICLE: It’s about 10:30 on a Friday night in May as Jennifer Anderson-Cruz picks her way along the railroad tracks near Interstate 280 and Wapello Avenue in southwest Davenport.
Jul 14, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Farm garden is a stop in Morrison
ARTICLE: MORRISON, Ill. — Most gardeners plant hostas because they have shade trees and hostas are showy specimens that thrive in shade.
Jul 06, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Iowa State wants to train ‘citizen scientists'
ARTICLE: Do you like nature?
May 08, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
10 tips for a greener yard
ARTICLE: When the weather turns hot and dry in midsummer, Sonny and Kay Stephens of Moline let the grass on their boulevard go brown and dormant. Under normal conditions, the green will return in the fall when it’s cooler and rainier, and watering isn’t worth it to them.
Apr 11, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Bringing back the shine
ARTICLE: Interesting how life takes its turns.
Mar 21, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
HOMEFRONT: Lights winner already preps for next year
ARTICLE: The Ed and Erika Kall family of Davenport — the winner of our 2007 Holiday Lights contest — already has bought thousands of new lights for next year, Erika reports.
Jan 07, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Beautiful gardens sprout amid farm fields
ARTICLE: CALAMUS, Iowa — Chad Edwards’ flower garden looks great from the ground, but if you really want an eye-opener, climb onto the roof of his house or fly over in an airplane.
Aug 12, 2007 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Sunny beds, dappled ravine highlight EM yard
ARTICLE: Most people grow lawns of grass; June Hessell prefers hostas.
Jun 16, 2007 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Tree owners take pre-emptive steps against emerald ash borer
ARTICLE: Some Quad-City area homeowners aren’t waiting to see if — or when — the emerald ash borer comes to the area. They are having their ash trees treated with an insecticide in an attempt to protect them against the killer pest.
May 23, 2007 | 12:00 am | Loading…
New Year's resolutions for changing our world
ARTICLE: Among the animal specimens at Davenport’s Putnam Museum are four polar bears, magnificent creatures shown in their icy, frozen-water habitat. I stand before them and wonder how much longer their kind has.
Dec 31, 2006 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Amphibious invasion
ARTICLE: Lots of people collect lots of things, but there’s an aspect of Kermit Brinkley’s collection that sets him apart — a piece of his collection is mounted on his roof.
Jan 29, 2006 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Savanna gardeners invite you to tours, classes
ARTICLE: Connie Zink has been watering her yard for four to five hours every day to keep it looking nice for the big, two-day garden walk coming up next weekend in Savanna, Ill., sponsored by the University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners.
Jul 24, 2005 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Savanna garden features tropicals, ponds, turtle
ARTICLE: Alma Gaul
Jul 23, 2004 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Through the trees: Vander Veer walk features gardens of Crow Creek
ARTICLE: Alma Gaul
Jun 23, 2003 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Q-C Botanical Center will add animals
ARTICLE: Cheryl Carney thought when she took over as director of the Quad-City Botanical Center in November that the Sun Garden plant area needed a little more life.
Jan 24, 2002 | 12:00 am | Loading…
