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A Life Bird for a President. The true story of how former President Jimmy Carter saw his first Painted Bunting. – August 2012 issue of BirdWatching. Painted Buntings are seen in Southwest Missouri with occasional sightings in St. Charles County Mo and St. Clair County IL as well as Boone County in Central Missouri. Missouri … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

Growing Seed St. Louis will be selling Mushroom Spores ‘Wine Cap’ at its March 11th Sale. $5 for one pound of mushroom spawn, enough for 10 square feet. Grow in full shade to part sun in wood chips/mulch or straw mulched areas of garden. Here’s a nice Wine Cap Mushroom Growing Guide from Seed St. … Continue reading Shrooms: Growing, Hunting, Psychedelics Legislation →

Nature, Gardening, Horticulture, Ecology: 2023 St. Louis Community College Continuing Education Classes, some online, some in person. Fees apply Fun Valentine’s Day project for kids of all ages. Herb & Flower Lollipops (YouTube) via P. Allen Smith Thru February 26 Orchid Show at Missouri Botanical Garden. Tickets Start boy choy and mustard greens indoors this … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

Missouri & St. Louis City Candidate Age & Residency Qualifications page has been updated with 2026 election cycle date for offices elected in 2022. Date of the Missouri 2024 Presidential Caucuses, which replace statewide Presidential Primary, remain a mystery. Elimination of Presidential Primaries in Missouri was a part of the voter suppression bill passed by Republicans … Continue reading Candidate Requirements Updated, Prez Caucus Date Unknown →

St. Louis City School Board candidates needed their own page in addition to inclusion in New Ward Profiles. You can now find Profiles for the three School Board candidates here. The School Board is elected at-large in citywide elections, not by district/ward. The next School Board election is April 4th. In this election, the top … Continue reading 2023 School Board Candidate Profiles →

Thru February 26 Orchid Show at Missouri Botanical Garden. Tickets February Gardening Tips & Tasks, Pests & Problems from Missouri Botanical Garden. Now is the time to sow larkspur, sweet pea, snapdragon, Shirley poppy seeds! Seed St. Louis Seed Starting Class on YouTube Start cauliflower, chard, collards, kale, kohlrabi, parsley seeds indoors this week. Plan … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

40 Days Before Election campaign finance report information and other committee changes have been added to the New Ward Profiles. Mostly, these are updates to candidate for Alder and changes to ward committees. Next up are 8 Days Before Election Reports: Due February 27th. Required only if committee 1) had expenses (paid or incurred) or 2) donated … Continue reading New Ward Profiles Updated →

February Gardening Tips & Tasks, Pests & Problems from Missouri Botanical Garden. Now is the time to sow larkspur, sweet pea, snapdragon, Shirley poppy seeds! February Garden To Do List from P. Allen Smith Thru February 26 Orchid Show at Missouri Botanical Garden. Tickets Thru Sunday- Audubon Society Bows for Birds Challenge. Where: Missouri Botanical … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

Spoutible.com is what Twitter could’ve been if Twitter cared more about its users than profit.- Christopher Bouzy, founder of Spoutible and founder of Bot Sentinel, a company specializing in identifying and understanding disinformation and targeted attacks on social media platforms. Spoutible is the new social media platform that prioritizes the protection of its users from … Continue reading Familiar But Better Than Twitter- Monday Pre-Registration Deadline →

UPDATED Found the money. Alder Brandon Bosley’s campaign is using a political action committee not yet filed with Missouri Ethics Commission. Literature and yard signs promoting his candidacy have been printed and are in use with a “Paid for by the 14th Ward Democratic Organization.” But the only 14th Ward organization active in MEC database … Continue reading Where’s Bosley’s Money? →

All of these Missouri Ethics Commission accounts say they are candidates running statewide in 8/6/2024 Primary Election. Former House Speaker Steve Gaw, Candidate for Secretary of State and US House Fourteen year after his last campaign, Steve Gaw still has a candidate committee. His last report, other than Limited Activity, was October 2012 Amended: $43,627.80 on … Continue reading Former Statewide Dem Candidates With MEC Accounts →

Sunday thru February 26 Orchid Show at Missouri Botanical Garden. Tickets Thru Feb 5th- Audubon Society Bows for Birds Challenge. Where: Missouri Botanical Garden, Forest Park, Lafayette Park, Bellerive Park, Powder Valley Conservation… Prizes include Tickets for Big Muddy Adventures, Alpine Shop, Cardinals Baseball… Start broccoli, brussels sprout, cabbage, leek, onion seeds indoors this week. … Continue reading This Week In Gardening & Nature →

New Ward Profiles have been updated for any candidate for Alder, elected officials and former elected officials (state legislature, City citywide and Alders, citywide County officers, School Board), ward organizations, party committeepeople, who filed January Reports with Missouri Ethics Commission. January Reports were optional. The next filing are Or 40 Days Before Election Reports, due … Continue reading New Ward Profiles Updated →

Updated with Board of Alders Vote. Some St. Louis City employees are about to get a very cushy gig- $72,000 a year for 32 hours of work (counting lunch and breaks), plus a $5,000 expense account (you can donate to your church or ward nonprofit if you want), health insurance, pension, paid holidays. You can … Continue reading 4 Day Workweek Comes to St. Louis City Hall →

Thru Feb 5th- Audubon Society Bows for Birds Challenge. Where: Missouri Botanical Garden, Forest Park, Lafayette Park, Bellerive Park, Powder Valley Conservation… Prizes include Tickets for Big Muddy Adventures, Alpine Shop, Cardinals Baseball… Start broccoli, brussels sprout seeds indoors this week. Plan your 2023 Garden with Seed St. Louis Seed Starting/Planting Calendar Some of you … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

Special Tax District lobbyist Bill Kuehling terminated his lobbyist registration at Missouri Ethics Commission last month. Kuehling was first hired by St. Louis City’s Senior Citizens’ Services Fund Board while working at Thompson Coburn. He helped create the Senior Fund’s special property tax. After he left the firm, the Senior Fund Board hired him to … Continue reading Who will lobby for less transparency now? →

Another run by Lyda? Former St. Louis City Mayor Lyda Krewson still has an active MEC account. Per her January 2023 Report, she has $337,460.92 on hand. Under expenses, she’s also still a client of Kelley Group, which recently ran the losing Board President campaign for Alder Jack Coatar. Krewson’s MEC account says she is … Continue reading ICYMI (Krewson and Keaveny) Because I Sure Did →

St. Louis Alders are about to raise their salaries from $37,000 to $72,000. Most will continue secondary employment, running businesses and working at other jobs for paychecks, unless very specific wording is added to the City Charter by public vote. Alders and Board President should be required to devote all their time to the elected … Continue reading Your $72,000 Future Alders Side Gigs →

Sunday Deadline for Ordering Online from Seed St. Louis Annual Seed Packet Sale: $0.25-$1.00 each for veggie, fruit, herb, flower seed packets- for Pick Up Jan 21st Sunday Application Deadline. Hey, teachers and parents of school gardeners, community gardens, public park gardeners: Grow Native Missouri Native Plant Prairie Garden Grants Jan 16th Deadline for St. … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

The New Ward Profiles have been updated with last day candidate filings for Alders. Next week, they will be updated for new committee activity at Missouri Ethics Commission and some other tidying up. New Ward Profiles WILL be updated for candidate campaign report information after one or more of the following: The New Ward Profiles … Continue reading Ward Profiles & Future Alder Money Updates →