Recent Stories
ORRIN MORRIS: Fire pink, or catchfly, saves its nectar for bees, hummingbirds
Fire pink, or catchfly, saves nectar for bees, birds. The Creator has filled the earth with many wondrous flowers to remind us of His love for all mankind. Their beauty is spread about for all to see. The colors, shapes and habitats seem endless.
ORRIN MORRIS: Yellow wood-sorrel, nicknamed sour grass, adds bitter flavor to salads
During one of the severe dry spells we endured the past decade, water restrictions were imposed. Suddenly, amid the drought, occasional scattered showers occurred for three weeks.
ORRIN MORRIS: Pack boots, gloves, bug spray when picking wild blackberries
Picking wild blackberries a thorny task. Luke 6:44 is appropriate for the wildflower we study here.
ORRIN MORRIS: Greenbrier vines a metaphor for our own entangled lives
Is there a fundamental difference between humans and animals? Or is life for both merely a struggle to survive from birth through maturity, then death?
ORRIN MORRIS: Make pies, jellies, wine with elderberry
I'm stretching the wildflower definition again and including another shrub or small tree because of the attractiveness of the bloom.
ORRIN MORRIS: Look for brilliant red, orange flame azaleas in May
One day, Moses was tending his father-in-law's sheep in the Sinai Desert and he saw a unique phenomenon.
ORRIN MORRIS: Tiny, strange flowers adorn the littleleaf buttercup
Tiny, strange flowers adorn the littleleaf buttercup. According to the Weather Channel, 27 degrees Fahrenheit is the record low for April 19. I remember a strange spring in 2007 when an Easter freeze created a new agenda for planting our gardens.
ORRIN MORRIS: Always-changing honeysuckle follows the cycles of nature
Always-changing honeysuckle follows the cycles of nature. Psalm 43:5 reads "Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me?
ORRIN MORRIS: Thorny hawthorn blooms through May
I am departing from featuring my pretty wildflowers so that I can include flowering shrubs and trees.
ORRIN MORRIS: Climbing milkvine a special treat for butterflies, dragonflies
In the book of Deuteronomy, the Hebrew people were given a very interesting instruction about harvesting their grapes.