The Joyce Road Neighborhood

Hedge Bindweed ( Calystegia sepium ) , a member of the Morning Glory family ( Convolvulaceae ), has showy flowers but can take over an ar...

I found this flowering Steeplebush ( Spiraea tomentosa ) in a moist, overgrown field behind our house. Steeplebush is a native plant, also...

I found some Common Boneset ( Eupatorium perfoliatum ) blooming in the wetland area below the pond at our cabin. This native wildflower is...

The arrival of the hot days of summer also mark the annual return of the Japanese Beetle ( Popillia japonica ) . The Japanese beetle is na...

While doing some clean-up around a pond near our house, I spotted several small (3/8 inch) pink flowers near the edge of the pond. The flowe...

I have been clearing some of the overgrown fields behind our house and came across a couple of patches of Allegheny Monkey Flower ( Mimulus ...

We were doing some clean-up of rotten wood behind our house and found a hitchhiker on one of the pieces. Maybe he thought my green John Dee...

I had parked my truck along the driveway to our cabin and got out to take some pictures of butterflies and bees. When I returned to the truc...

While I was mowing the lawn next to the cabin driveway I noticed a flock Canada Geese were checking out the newly seeded pipeline right-of-w...

While I was preparing to do some work at our barn I notice two hen turkeys and 15 young poults in our field. The poults feeding on bugs and ...

After this summer's long dry spell a lot of us were looking for any rain we could get. We got some rain and more, high winds. We had bee...

By early Summer the white umbrella-like flowers of Queen Anne's Lace ( Daucus carota ) are popping up all over the fields and roadside...

Find any damp and partly sunny area in our neighborhood and you will most likely find Jewelweed ( Impatiens capensis ) . This member of the...

I found some Soapwort ( Saponaria officinalis ) , also known as Bouncing Bet, growing along Joyce Road, not far from our cabin driveway. Th...

I started noticing many small pink flowers growing along the pipeline access road at our cabin. At first I thought it was some run-a-way Swe...