Plants, Trees & Rocks

Plants, Herbs & Lore

What makes a wildflower, exactly? Most every plant flowers at some time or another. MORE

Trees

It is impossible to imagine the Ozark hills without trees. Black walnut picking, hickory nut cake, butternut wood carvings, hedge fence posts, sassafras tea. MORE

Rocks & Fossils

These Ozark hills are old. Older than we can really imagine, I think. Smart folks tell us the Ozarks were sitting here, weathering away before the Rockies were pushed up to their own majestic heights. MORE