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This week in the garden: Outdoors- sow radishes. Indoors- start tomatoes. Plan your 2023 Garden with Seed St. Louis Seed Starting/Planting Calendar Seed St. Louis Planting GuidesAsparagus Leeks Onions Potatoes Strawberries The Big List of St. Louis Area Plant Sales: African Violets, Carnivorous, Daylilies, Gesneriads, Herbs, Hostas, Iris, Native Plants, Perennials, Roses, Veggies, Wildflowers Missed … Continue reading This Week In Gardening & Nature →

As St. Louis City election returns come in, you can check your ward to see who legally bought access to the Board President and your new Alder here. Campaign finance laws are completely useless under a system that allows legal money laundering, and makes conflict of interest laws a moot point, and a culture of … Continue reading Ward Profiles Updated →

Two St. Louis City Pubic School Board candidate profiles have been updated with 8 Days Out campaign finance report information. Tracy Hykes and Sadie Weiss submitted their required information to Missouri Ethics Commission. You can find their information here. Hykes and Weiss have been endorsed by American Federal of Teachers Local 420. Candidate Jaile’Shawn Quinones … Continue reading School Board Candidate Profiles Updated →

Patrick Dexter on cello: Ukrainian folk song- “Oh, In the Cherry Garden” (YouTube) This week in the garden: Outdoors- sow radishes. Indoors- start tomatoes. Plan your 2023 Garden with Seed St. Louis Seed Starting/Planting Calendar Seed St. Louis Planting GuidesAsparagus Leeks Onions Potatoes Strawberries The Big List of St. Louis Area Plant Sales: African Violets, … Continue reading This Week In Gardening & Nature →

All New Ward Profiles have been updated with both Primary Election Results and campaign finance information for Board President and Alder candidates. There’s info toward the top of each page as well as each candidate’s profile. I chose to not use percentage of votes because Tuesday the Election Board changed percentages to the Approval Rating … Continue reading Ward Profiles Now Have Election Results →

Want to see something magnificent? Audubon Society’s Sandhill Crane Cam @ Rowe Sanctuary, Platte River Valley, Gibbon, Nebraska. See hundreds of thousands of Sandhill Cranes at dusk and dawn. This week in the garden: Transplant- broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, chard, bok choy; Sow Outdoors- beets, carrots, parsley, spinach, turnips. Plan your 2023 Garden with … Continue reading This Week In Gardening & Nature →

St. Louis City voters will elect two new School Board Members from three candidates on April 4th. No excuse Absentee Voting (what Missouri calls early voting) begins Tuesday, April 21st at four locations. No incumbent School Board Members are on the ballot. School Board Candidate Profiles are posted here. Not much to see. One candidate … Continue reading School Board Candidate Profiles Updated →

St. Louis City New Ward Profiles have been updated with 8 Days Before Primary Reports, Amended Reports, and 24 Hour Later Expenditure Reports for Board President, Alders and Alder candidates, School Board Members and School Board candidates, Candidate PACs, Ward PACs, Political Party Committeepeople, other elected officials, former elected officials who still have accounts. Next … Continue reading Campaign Finance Info Added to Ward Profiles →

Native Plant Sales across Missouri sponsored by Grow Native! Registration Begins March 15th for 2023 Callery (Bradford) Pear Buyback Program. Missouri Invasive Plant Council in partnership with Forest ReLeaf, Forrest Keeling Nursery, and Missouri Conservation Dept will host “buyback” around the state on April 18. Homeowners are invited to cut down one or more Callery … Continue reading Upcoming STL Plant Sales: Veggies, Herbs, Natives, Perennials →

This week: Sow Outdoors- beets, carrots, parsley, spinach, turnips, Plan your 2023 Garden with Seed St. Louis Seed Starting/Planting Calendar Momma birds would appreciate your egg shells for extra calcium. Learn from Audubon Society how to do it safely. Seed St. Louis Planting GuidesAsparagus LeeksOnions Potatoes Strawberries If you are just looking for Plant Sales … Continue reading This Week In Gardening & Nature →

The New Ward Profiles include up-to-date campaign finance information for most St. Louis City Alder candidates and ward organizations/political action committees. Most instead of all because the reports are constantly changing with amended reports and late contribution or late expenditure filings with Missouri Ethics Commission. It’s very hard to keep up with. There really ought … Continue reading Aldergeddon Campaign Finance Info →

March Garden To Do List from P. Allen Smith This week: Start Basil and Pepper seeds indoors + Transplant Bok Choy, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Chard, Kohlrabi, Leeks, Onions to garden. Plan your 2023 Garden with Seed St. Louis Seed Starting/Planting Calendar Gardening By Month- March Tips & Tasks, Pests & Problems from Missouri Botanical … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

6 pm Tonight/Thursday New 8th Ward Alder Candidate Forum at Epiphany UCC Church, 2911 McNair, Benton Park. Moderated by St. Louis League of Women Voters. Unfortunately, it will only be streamed on Book of Faces Submit questions in advance. New 8th Ward stretches down the City’s Mississippi Riverfront from Near North to Bellerive Park in … Continue reading New 8th Ward Alder Candidate Forum Tonight →

Invasive Plant of the Month: Wintercreeper This week: Start Basil and Pepper seeds indoors + Transplant Bok Choy, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Chard, Kohlrabi, Leeks, Onions to garden. Plan your 2023 Garden with Seed St. Louis Seed Starting/Planting Calendar Gardening By Month- March Tips & Tasks, Pests & Problems from Missouri Botanical Garden Registration Begins … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

These are predictions for March 7th St. Louis City Alder Primary Election, not who I wish or would like to see headed to April 4th General Election.* I would be happy to see some of these predictions proven wrong. In this election, voters may vote for as many candidates as they want and the top … Continue reading Predictions: Aldergeddon Primary →

Native Plant Sales across Missouri sponsored by Grow Native! March 10th & 11th Midwestern Herb & Garden Show in Mount Vernon, Illinois 9 am to Noon March 11th Seed St. Louis Spring Sale @ Carriage House, 3815 Bell. Arrive early for best selection. Bring a box lid to carry your plants. Available at this Sale: … Continue reading Upcoming STL Plant Sales: Veggies, Herbs, Natives →

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 →