Wisconsin's Harmless Snakes

http://www.mpm.edu/collections/pubs/vertebrates/harmless/

Very interesting.

I wish I had a few in the garden.

Five-lined Skink

http://dnr.wi.gov/eek/critter/reptile/fivelinedskink.htm

Uncommon in Wisconsin and I have never seen one in the garden.

Orchids

http://www.charleysgreenhouse.com/index.cfm?page=_orchidsinthehome

I should probably try to grow one as a houseplant.

Gil over the ground

http://freeplants.com/creeping%20charlie.html

AKA Creeping Charley

Noxious weed or excellent groundcover.

Used by Europeans for brewing ale before the switch to hops.

How to Compost Pond Algae

http://www.gardenguides.com/96546-compost-pond-algae.html

We have had almost no pond algae this year.

Who was Vera Jameson?

http://www.rainyside.com/features/plant_gallery/perennials/SedumVeraJameson.html

She discovered Sedum 'Vera Jameson' as a chance seedling, but who was she?

Raccoons in the garden at night

108 pictures on the scout camera last night.

Most of them were of raccoons.