This July, out on the front porch and in the yard, we've got eros (the drive to life) going up against thanatos (the drive to death). ...

There are several people who grow pawpaws in Utah and who have pawpaw orchards that are about the size of ours. (Scroll down to the comment...

This morning I went outside and found that the second pawpaw seed of the year has sprouted, but this post isn't about any old seeds--wh...

Last year on 7 June I found the first pawpaw sprouts of the year (they were also the first pawpaw seeds I had ever germinated and as far a...

In terms of archaeology, excavations happen to learn about the past, as was the case when some Colorado ranchers in 1888 excavated porti...

Last week I got an email from Jake, who had seen my blog, wondering if I had any pawpaw seeds that had been stratified over the winter . I ...

This morning after we went for a run we came back and looked around the yard a little.  Some of what we saw:  The first of the raspbe...