The individual plant of Waldo rock-cress, although one of prettiest of our wild flowers, is not as conspicuous as some. But when the plants grow in close cluster, which they often do, they form one of the most attractive displays in our wildplant community, and as a border plant would be a decorative addition to any home flower garden.
This week’s crawly is funky little beetle that looks like it was built from teeny spare parts of other beetles and even other completely different arthropods.
Was filling my water cup this morning and got to thinking about…well, water. And well water and tap water and…
With spring finally here, let’s revisit some area wildflower hikes!
We’re also including information on Southern Oregon Land Conservancy’s 2026 hiking series so you can sign up! Click HERE to view all the information on the series.
We all, well most of us, enjoy a delicious bowl of fresh strawberries, maybe with ice cream. In spring I start by imagining the small plants making a carpet on the ground bursting with dainty white flowers.
In spite of the sunny, warmish days, and the appearance of early spring flowers in the valleys, winter is not quite over. On the high trails and in the mountain meadows patches of snow still linger, and the cold nights and chilly ground still caution the timid wildflowers against emerging too soon from their cozy retreats just beneath the protecting surface of the ground.
This week’s crawly is a mix-n-match, meet the Black-chinned X Anna’s Hummingbird hybrid.
As I continue to chip away at the Himalayan blackberry in my yard…
If you missed the previous Rogue on the topic, you may want to go read that first.
It’s no small project and it will take several weeks
I went to the No Kings rally in Medford last Saturday, not so much for politics but the spectacle. I went to the one last summer and was thoroughly entertained by the clever signs, the costumes, the musicians and singers. It was one big festival of people of all ages, ethnicities, religions in a wondrous display of First Amendment rights.