by Nate O'Meara | May 31, 2025 | Education
Photo: Being frost sensitive, corn, beans and squash are warm season crops planted late May in Flagstaff. Image courtesy of April O’Meara. This article appeared in the Arizona Daily Sun on May 29, 2025. I love this time of year, especially in the vegetable...
by Nate O'Meara | Apr 29, 2025 | Education
Photo: Summer camps at the Arboretum provide children with place-based exploration of the natural world and empowers them to become the next generation of environmental stewards through these early childhood connections. The late ecologist Edward Wilson’s biophilia...
by Nate O'Meara | Mar 27, 2025 | Education
A diagram illustrating the “recommended” and “not-recommended” principles of firewise landscaping for Flagstaff area homes. (photo credit: Oregon State University) This article first appeared in the Arizona Daily Sun. After receiving less than 10 inches of snow for...
by Nate O'Meara | Mar 13, 2025 | Education
Irish cap with clover (photo credit: April O’Meara) For over twenty years, I would spend March 17th in a kilt out pub crawling with the several bagpipe bands I played with. We would entertain crowds of Irish-enthusiasts and/or inebriates with a variety of Irish and...
by Nate O'Meara | Mar 3, 2025 | Education
Native serviceberries make the lists of Flagstaff’s best plants for local gardens. (photo credit: April O’Meara) This article originally appeared in the Arizona Daily Sun on February 27th. As an avid gardener, winter is a time of planning. With a cup of tea in hand, I...
