Regional

Several species of wild grape grow in Wisconsin in a variety of habitats. The fruits are edible and used for eating, jelly and wine or juice. Some even pick the fruit and make jelly for orioles instead of purchasing it from the store. This process does not save much money, however.

Sauk County Public Health has organized free COVID-19 vaccination clinics for residents.

Clinics will be held in Wisconsin Dells and Baraboo, and both will be administered by AMI Expeditionary Healthcare (AMI).

Public Health Sauk County has been named a Silver Wisconsin Healthy Communities designee.

“September tries its best to have us forget summer.” ~Bernard Williams

Sorry, but poison ivy puts on one of the more brilliant autumn displays of plants this size. Two common forms, usually divided into two species, are the small, semi-shrub (herb-like) plant that causes most of the dermatitis and the vine form that climbs tall walnuts, hickories and other lowland and upland forests.

An uncommon herb, pokeweed, seems to be drawing the attention of some who recognize it as something they have not seen or noticed before.

Corn is flowering. Corn is blooming. There are two flower groups: The tassel’s pollen blooms and the ear’s fruit flowers. There are hundreds and hundreds of small flowers, a little hint of sepals. They may not have petals, but they are still flowers. If you count the silks and the kernels, they match.

“The delicate sweetness of just-picked vegetables is always worth savoring.” ~Samin Nosrat

A plant whose vegetative parts live year after year is a perennial. 

Trees are often used as a primary example, but most perennials live much shorter lives. 

Michigan lilies, either individuals or patches of them, appear to “jump” around, including those not routinely disturbed above or below ground.