How to make your outdoor living space as cool and comfortable as indoors (ARA) – It is easy to enjoy your deck or patio when the weather is warm and pleasant, and memories of cold winters are driven far away. But when the temperatures soar, do you find yourself retreating indoors? Even through the dog days of summer, you... 

  Courtesy Photo. One of the most hearty & beautiful flowers seen in the spring in this region is the Pasque. Because of the ever-changing weather conditions of Nebraska, flowers need to be hearty to survive   By ROGER HOLSINGER Star-Herald Assistant Editor  According to the calendar spring has arrived. But in western... 

A Prairie Garden Journal 2006 A robin perched on a lower limb of a nearby tree, this past week, and scolded me for eating so many of the plump, purple serviceberries, while I stood, bear-like, in the middle of the large shrub-like serviceberry tree, pawing clusters of the small, round fruits from their inch-long stems, popping... 

strong>A Prairie Garden Journal 2007 We hear a lot about the plants that are struggling and declining as a result of what appears to be consistently warmer summertime temperatures, and I will admit to having been more on the lookout for plants that are suffering from the heat in recent weeks. Click to read full article  Read More →

A Prairie Garden Journal 2007 It’s the nature of our modern society that we want what we want, and we want it now! That’s why summer landscaping has become has become such a widespread practice around the country and around Wyobraska. It is a little more challenging to plant new landscape plants in the heat of summer,... 

A Prairie Garden Journal 2007 Que serra serra plants fall into two main categories—those that come out of dormancy early, but whose early spring foliage can handle at least the cold of a two-dog night—somewhere between 15 and 20 degrees by my reckoning. This group of plants includes Click to read full article  Read More →

A Prairie Garden Journal 2008 What’s going on in Wyoming right now can only be described as a modern day gold rush. Click to read full article  Read More →

A Prairie Garden Journal 2008 If there’s anyplace in the country that can produce better summertime gardens than Wyobraska, I don’t know where it is. Click to read full article  Read More →

A Prairie Garden Journal 2008 Sometimes homeowners plant a shrub to create a little privacy in their backyard, and sometimes homeowners plant a shrub so that their house “looks landscaped”, but most of the time homeowners plant shrubs in order to enjoy their visual contribution to the landscape…. Click to read full...