Biological Thinking

I promise this is the last post on plant pigments!  It's a short one, too.  I just want to take advantage of the last of the glorious fa...

It's happening everywhere right now!  Plants are chopping off their own organs, and they are piling up in yards all over town!  How com...

The school where I work has an outdoor classroom that invites nature into our urban schoolyard and creates a peaceful outdoor space for stud...

Blooming sunflower. It feels good to look at, doesn't it?  Something about bright yellow and radial symmetry is so pleasing to the ...

A trip to the Chicago Botanic Garden this morning provided me with much blog fodder for this and the next few posts.  Spring is early this y...

I get a little taste of home when I walk through the Lincoln Park Zoo on my walking route because the zoo has flamingos.  Unlike Tennessee f...

Turnips are ridiculously under-appreciated.  They are the easiest vegetable to grow.  They are marvelously delicious.  They produce anti-can...

No pictures today, which is ironic considering it's a post about plant pigments.  Think of it as an exercise for the imagination.  I pro...

The Amaranthaceae, or Amaranth Family, is a somewhat obscure plant family, but you'd never know it on the farm right now.  There are ama...