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Beyond the Backyard

Throughout Tulsa our neighborhoods are blessed with an overlooked lattice of small creeks. My backyard has been chosen by one small stream and I have accepted the unending responsibility to keep it free of logjams and clear of trash. I don’t mind this new task; in fact I rather enjoy (read article)

Bringing back the tall grass prairie

It’s a hot July afternoon in Kansas. The tall grass prairie stretches uninterrupted to the horizon. A vision from the past: or from the future?

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So. What does your garden grow?

In 1973 scientists discovered a way to splice genetic code into a cell’s DNA. This meant that whole new families of plants and animals could be designed; good characteristics could be taken from one species and inserted into another species. For the first time in history ...

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The Tall Grass Prairie Preserve

Driving north out of Tulsa we soon left the city’s stately trees and entered the low rolling hills and section line wind breaks typical of northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas. As we turned west near Ramona, we crossed a small creek and topped a knoll, where the landscape opened ...

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A chair made from yellow pine

I was driving through midtown a couple of years ago when I saw an elegant backyard in which four chairs where arranged as if they where old friends having a conversation. When we moved into Tulsa our backyard was a blank slate. It had an interesting assortment of trees but also a steep slope down to the creek.

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