Sheryl DeVore

To identify plants in the wild, I've been using Seek by iNaturalist for several years. And, because I know plants fairly well, I can tell when this app doesn't get...

As October approaches, I can always count on observing asters and meadowhawks. Asters are lovely, omnipresent bouquets of multiple flowers with yellow, pink and brown centers surrounded by long white,...

Beneath my redbud, awash in spring with pink flowers, arises a new set of blooms. White ones, in late summer. These are the flowers of white snakeroot, a plant that...

When it comes to making dinner, there is nothing more satisfying than using fresh produce from your yard and your neighbor's yard. It brings inside the taste of the outdoors,...

We have several native plants that can get out of hand in our yard, meaning they grow quickly and establish themselves nearly everywhere. When it comes to the trumpet creeper,...

We were seeking a rare bird in a northern Illinois savanna, an immature little blue heron. The bird is blue as an adult, but when it's immature, it's solid white,...