Fresh snow lays bare the secret wanderings of the wild urban animals that live among us. Taking out the trash during our last snowfall, I spotted rabbit tracks in the …
Arboricide: The Tree-Killing Mistakes of Well-Intentioned Landscapers
The grassy medians in the East Knoxville Target parking lot are planted with small maples and oaks. The grass is neatly trimmed and each tree has a tidy cone of …
Fall Foraging for Maypops and Persimmons
I wrote my last two columns on regional wild crops gathered and cultivated by American Indians and early settlers: the sunflower and the pawpaw. Now two more are ready for …
Rediscovering the Pawpaw at the Market Square Farmers’ Market
Remember that old folk song: “Pickin’ up pawpaws puttin’ ’em in your pocket, way down yonder in the pawpaw patch”? Not a good idea, says Elizabeth Malayter, co-owner with her …
Labor Day Sunflower Project’s Post-Labor Day Activities
At the west end of the grassy rectangle of the Krutch Park extension, a 15-foot-tall circle of sunflowers woven onto chain-link substrate looms like an enormous organic parade float. Within …