Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Field of flowering henbit weeds - Andrew L Hegdahl/Shutterstock Spring often brings a welcome burst of color to our gardens, but ...

Spring. It always smells clean, especially after a slow rain. Each year we are happy to start to see pops of color across the landscape of our counties, but maybe not the little pops of purple we see ...

Every spring, before the garden is fully planted, one plant shows up faithfully across lawns and garden beds — henbit. Most people see it as a weed. Homesteaders see something different. If you’ve ...

Henbit, also known as “deadnettle,” shows up as a weed in the wild but is actually a mild leafy green that holds up well to seasoning. Inexpensive, fun, and yielding delicious results, foraging for ...

For the past dozen years, our Wednesday birding group has remarked that three species of wildflowers, some call them weeds, are taking over the countryside. They are henbit in the spring, then Queen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Purple henbit and purple deadnettle blanket a field in Henderson County, Ky., Wednesday morning, April 7, 2021. The colorful ...

Over the years of writing this column, I have continually worked to write about the considerable diversity of wildlife that can be observed in this great state of ours. But over the last year or so, I ...