Lost In The Ozarks

Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) is a plant in the milkweed family that blooms with showy orange flowers during the summer. Butterfly weed is a species of milkweed that is loved…

Black-Eyed Susan is the common name of this beautiful yellow flower in the Asteraceae family. It is native to the central and eastern US but has now been naturalized to…

In this article, I want to cover mushroom substrates for you. You can think of mushroom substrates as comparable to the soil in raising a vegetable garden. You need the…

In this article, I will show you the technique to create grain spawn. In the first part of this series, we looked at some reasons you might want to start…

Let’s really get into mycology by creating some agar plates for growing live edible mushroom mycelium. In the first part of this series, we looked at some reasons you might…

Whether you want to grow edible mushrooms at home to provide food for your family, or as a sweet side income, you’ll be able to use what I have learned…

Aster flowers begin to bloom during summer and continue to bloom until frost comes in the fall. Keep reading to find out about these colorful and useful wildflowers. What are…

Have you been driving in the Ozarks and noticed all the light blue flowers blooming along the highways and in the pastures? That, my friends, is common chicory. Yes, that…

The Asiatic dayflower is the common name that has been used for several species of flowers in the Commelina genus. They are called dayflowers due to the fact that individual…

American germander (Teucrium canadense) can be found in the Eastern US. It is a member of the mint family of the plant kingdom. It is the only wild species of…