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Plant of the Week: Cauliflower. Photo of Romanesco Broccoli, actually a cauliflower, growing at Vegetable Garden, Las Vegas Botanical Garden. February 28th Deadline to apply for Missouri Coalition for the Environment’s High School Student Environmental Action Award Plan your garden with  Seed St. Louis 2025 Planting Calendar. Start Indoors This Week: Bok Choy, Eggplant, Lettuce … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

Missouri Wildflowers Nursery returns to Kirkwood Farmers Market: 8 am to 4 pm Saturdays,  April 5th, April 12th, April 19th, April 26th, May 24th, May 31st. Order online for pick up at Market or purchase from what they bring that day. Now thru April 15th On Line Ordering for Missouri Conservation Department annual Tree & Shrub … Continue reading St. Louis Area Seed and Plant Swaps and Sales →

Plant of the Week: Prickly Pear Cactus. This is a photo of an Englemann Prickly Pear in Zion National Park, Utah. Eastern Prickly Pear is native to Missouri and most U.S. states as well as Ontario, Canada. February 28th Deadline to apply for Missouri Coalition for the Environment’s High School Student Environmental Action Award Plan … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

Missouri Wildflowers Nursery returns to Kirkwood Farmers Market: 8 am to 4 pm Saturdays,  April 5th, April 12th, April 19th, April 26th, May 24th, May 31st. Order online for pick up at Market or purchase from what they bring that day. Now thru April 15th On Line Ordering for Missouri Conservation Department annual Tree & Shrub … Continue reading St. Louis Area Seed and Plant Swaps and Sales →

Plant of the Week: Primrose Gardening by Month: February Gardening Tips, Tasks, & Problems (Missouri Botanical Garden) Plan your garden with  Seed St. Louis 2025 Planting Calendar. Start Indoors This Week: Cauliflower, Chard, Collards, Kale, Kohlrabi, Parsley. Still time to start Broccoli, Cabbage, Leeks, Onions indoors. When to Plant in Illinois (University of Illinois Extension) … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

Missouri Wildflowers Nursery returns to Kirkwood Farmers Market: 8 am to 4 pm Saturdays,  April 5th, April 12th, April 19th, April 26th, May 24th, May 31st. Order online for pick up at Market or purchase from what they bring that day. Now thru April 15th On Line Ordering for Missouri Conservation Department annual Tree & Shrub … Continue reading St. Louis Area Seed and Plant Swaps and Sales →

Great. Just great. Still don’t know which St. Louis business organization nominated political consultent Darry Gray, St. Louis, to Missouri Workforce Development Board. I have been informed by Governor Mike Kehoe’s Office that they have no such nominating letter. Took them eleven days to come to that conclusion. Gray is a Business Representative of the … Continue reading No Record of Who Nominated Darryl Gray →

Last Updated 8:17 pm January 30, 2025 It’s not that a $85.55 Billion company like Anheuser-Busch needs corporate welfare. It just wants it. For the third time in six years, I’m not digging back further, the Soulard based brewery since 1852, is asking for favors from the St. Louis City Board of Alders. They are … Continue reading Say No to More Corporate Welfare for Anheuser-Busch →

Plant of the Week: Anthurium Plan your garden with  Seed St. Louis 2025 Planting Calendar: It’s time to start onions, leeks, broccoli, cabbage indoors Ameren 15% Rate Hike, $17 more a month fotr electric. St. Louis County Public Service Commission In Person Public Hearing: Noon Monday, January 27th @ Sunset Hills Council Chambers, 3939 S … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

Now thru April 15th On Line Ordering for Missouri Conservation Department annual Tree & Shrub Seedling Sale. They still have Redbud, Elderberry, lots more. 9 am to 5 pm February 1st-2nd Orchid Society of Greater St. Louis Sale at Missouri Botanical Garden. Garden Admission Free to St. Louis City and St. Louis County residents on Saturday … Continue reading St. Louis Area Seed and Plant Swaps and Sales →

I have been trying since January 15, 2025, to find out which St. Louis business organization(s) or business trade association(s) nominated Darryl Gray to the Missouri Workforce Development Board. Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe’s office, which I contacted on January 16th, says I can expect the record(s) on or before January 31st and they will let … Continue reading I Sunshined a Record from Governor’s Office, Sigh →

It appears that at least one church in Missouri believes the 47th President of the United States is their Christian messiah returned. Monday morning, I saw “And The Government Is Upo (sic) His Shoulder” “Isaiah 9 7” on a Pentecostal church’s sign. It had not been there Saturday morning. It’s a small church in a … Continue reading The Messianic Cult of Orange Caligula →

Plant of the Week: Kalanchoe, a lovely house plant 15% Rate Hike, $17 more a month. Public Service Commission In Person Public Hearings on Rate Hike for Union Electric, Ameren, whatever. St. Louis City: 6 pm Jan 22 @ St. Louis Community College-Forest Park, Student Center cafeteria, 5600 Oakland Av.e St. Louis County: Noon Jan … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

Now thru April 15th On Line Ordering for Missouri Conservation Department annual Tree & Shrub Seedling Sale. They still have Redbud, Elderberry, Witch Hazel, and lots more. 11 am to 4 pm January 25th St. Louis Seeding Frenzy Seed Swap & Homesteading Showcase at Sunset Hills Community Center, 3915 S Lindbergh. Also, will be an unused … Continue reading St. Louis Area Seed and Plant Swaps and Sales →

The symbol of the Democratic Party was once the donkey. Today, no donkey on the DNC website. You won’t find one on the Missouri Democratic Party’s website but you will find… cows. No donkey on the St. Louis City Dems website, not much of anything on there. There is a donkey on the Jackson County … Continue reading Bring Back the Kick Ass Donkey →

St. Louis City’s 13th Ward includes parts of old 2nd, 22nd, 27th Wards, and other Wards, and is the result of Census Redistricting and Ward Reduction. Previous Elections Each ward is now double the population and geographically much larger. That’s an important consideration when looking at past election results. 13th Ward 2023 General Election: Pamela Boyd 984; Norma … Continue reading 13th Ward Profile, St. Louis City →

last updated 5:11 pm 01/23/2025 The first of many questions. Are the Gray and Gray of Gray and Gray Associates LLC, political consultants, Daryll Gray and St. Louis City Personnel Director Sonya Gray? January 9, 2018, Sonya Gray, as agent, and Daryll Gray, as organizer, both using the same address on Enright, filed Gray and … Continue reading Sonya Gray, Political Consultant? →

Plant of the Week: Ornamental Cabbage Sign up for Missouri Coalition for the Environment’s Legislative Bill Tracker USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map Visit a rainforest in St. Louis on a winter day: Climatron at Missouri Botanical Garden. Garden Admission Free to St. Louis City and St. Louis County residents on Saturday and Wednesday mornings, otherwise … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

Now thru April 15th On Line Ordering for Missouri Conservation Department annual Tree & Shrub Seedling Sale. They still have Redbud, Elderberry, Witchhazel, and lots more. 11 am to 4 pm January 25th St. Louis Seeding Frenzy Seed Swap & Homesteading Showcase at Sunset Hills Community Center, 3915 S Lindbergh. Also, will be an unused equipment/tool/supply … Continue reading St. Louis Area Seed and Plant Swaps and Sales →

Plant of the Week: Bromeliad, a houseplant in most of United States USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map Visit a rainforest in St. Louis on a winter day: Climatron at Missouri Botanical Garden. Garden Admission Free to St. Louis City and St. Louis County residents on Saturday and Wednesday mornings, otherwise Admission Fee applies. January 2nd-31st … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →