Many new TMNs shy away from the Latin names of plants. I remember whining, “Why can’t we use the common name for this? I don’t know how to pronounce that.”

Have you ever struggled to grow a plant no matter how good the soil or how well you water? Doesn’t it seem nature has its own plans regardless of what we think?

Really? Amazon will donate part of my shopping bill to my designated charity?

Stephanie Bilodeau, Conservation Biologist with Coastal Bay Bend and Estuaries Program periodically asks for help removing invasives and planting natives on the spoil islands in the Lower Laguna Madre. Barbara and I always jump at the chance to not only give nature a hand but to go explore one of only six hyper-saline lagoons in…