What I mean by ‘Nature Farming’ is not the same as ‘natural farming’, ‘organic farming’, or ‘natural farming methods’. Explanations for all of these things come up when you do a search online for ‘nature farming’. But nothing turns up for true nature farming. Hopefully this post will show up in the search engine results […]
What is Nature Farming? What does a Nature Farmer Grow? Read More »
Here’s the second of the Green Dragon drawings I’ve been working on. I posted the first part of it last week. This part is called the spathe (the hood) and the spadix (the long ‘tongue’) and it is the namesake of the dragon. This part of the plant is what becomes the cluster of red
Namesake of the Dragon – Another Green Dragon Drawing Read More »
So an armadillo moved into one of the ginseng nursery beds & it’s been a destructive force since it arrived. What would you do? Kill it or let it live?
Armadillo Dilemma: To Kill or Not to Kill Read More »
I’ve been working on a Green Dragon drawing for the cover of NANPS’s summer issue of Blazing Star. There will be another of the spathe and spadix to do next. That one will be used in the article. Here’s the photograph I worked from. I used more than one photo because I didn’t have a
A Green Dragon Drawing Read More »
A few days ago I took a walk out to the deep woods to see how the wild ginseng and habitat companions were doing. The wild plants are in pretty hard to reach areas and I don’t get out there very often. When we plant seeds, we try to keep enough distance between the wild-simulated
Wild Ginseng in August at Wild Ozark Read More »
I’m drawing a sketch of a 4-prong American ginseng from a photo I took last year in May. The sketch will be titled “Ginseng in May”. My First Show Entry This drawing will be displayed (and will be for sale) at the show in Kingston, AR at The Place on the Square Art Room Gallery
I made a mistake on this one. This is an old rock wall and it continues in both directions for some length but in the sketch I didn’t give that appearance. What I should have done was draw some lines to outline the continuing rocks if nothing else. Instead, what it appears to be is
Oct 18, 2015 – Old Rock Wall and Dead Leaves Read More »
Wild ginger is one of the few remaining companions of the American ginseng habitat that are still green at this time of year.
Nature Sketching Day 23- Wild Ginger Read More »
Sessilifolia or Perfoliata? Three species of bellwort are found in Arkansas: Uvularia grandiflora, U. sessilifolia, and U. perfoliata. The one I see most often around here is the grandiflora, or Large-flowered bellwort as it’s commonly called. Bellwort in the Ginseng Habitat Bellwort often grows in the ginseng habitat, which makes it one of the ginseng
Sleuthing the Bellwort. Sessilifolia or Perfoliata? Read More »
