I first created this site back in 1998 to document the wild plants that I encountered. But it has grown into a clearinghouse of information on landscaping, backyard birds, butterfly gardening, plant identification and making paper from plant fiber. After leaving Kansas, I thought of deleting the site. But realize it has a wealth of information that people rely upon.
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Site Updates
Previous Updates
2023
- corrected site errors caused by softward upgrades, August 2023
2022
- Website was moved to new hosting company, February 2022
- Navigation was changed to remove the store and service pages, February 2022
- Plant ID Guide and Papermaking were added to the navigation, February 2022
- Header was updated to be the same for entire site, February 2022
- Contact and Book pages on Papermaking and Guide were eliminated, February 2022
- Prairie Garden updated 2/21/22
- Woodland Garden updated 2/21/22
- Water Garden updated 2/21/22
- Bird Gallery updated 2/21/22
- Butterfly Gallery updated 2/21/22
- Insects Gallery updated 2/21/22
- Animals Gallery updated 2/21/22
2021
- No updates performed
2020
- I moved away from Kansas at the beginning of 2020
- Service updated 1/13/20
- Property Evaluation update 1/13/20
- Group Presentation update 1/13/20
- Guided Walk update 1/13/20
- European Starling Control updated 1/13/20
- House Sparrow Control updated 1/13/20
2019
- No updates performed
2018
- Property Evaluation updated 8/1/18
- House Sparrow Control updated 7/3/18
- European Starling Control updated 4/3/18
- Homemade Suet updated 3/28/18
2017
- Presentations for Groups updated 11/17/17
- Northern Flicker updated 11/17/14
- Red-headed Woodpecker added 11/15/17
- Black-capped Chickadee added 11/2/17
- House Wren updated 11/2/17
2016
- Eastern Bluebird updated 8/9/16
- Reference Books updated 8/9/16
2015
- Northern Flicker Nesting updated 5/20/15
- European Starling Control updated 5/3/15
- House Sparrow Control updated 5/3/15
- Nest Boxes updated 3/27/15
- Reasons to Landscape with Native Plants updated 3/23/15
- Red-bellied Woodpecker added 11/16/14
- Plant FIber Paper Products updated 9/2/14
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