Biological Thinking

The plant below is called Veronica.  That's its scientific name and its common name.  In our outdoor classroom, it's located on the ...

Butterfly bushes ( Buddleja sp .) are very well-named.  The ones in our outdoor classroom are usually surrounded by several butterflies flyi...

The waterfall at our outdoor classroom attracts more than just people.  It's the ideal place for some insects to stop for a drink.  Ther...

I met a fascinating plant on the farm this week - the black chickpea.  I'm accustomed to seeing tan chickpeas in the grocery store, but...

Here's something you don't see every day... American chestnut ( Castanea dentata ) leaves.  ....an American Chestnut tree!  M...

If you've been following along, you know that flowers are the sex organs of plants, specifically adapted to combine half of the DNA of a...

Brace yourself.  These pictures are of terrifying plant structures that cause much anguish to their human victims, and the overall post is f...

If you live in the temperate eastern United States, and you only know one kind of tree, it's probably going to be a maple.  Everyone kno...

I have seen so many things in Chicago that I had only previously known from reading about them: Lake Michigan, excellent public transit, C...

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...

I am the only person in the world who seems to have trouble growing zucchini.  They are notoriously generous in fruit, and you always here g...