With bright symmetrical green leaves sprouting out of the Tree of Heaven’s crown, the plant almost earns the namesake based on looks alone. Corrie Podolak, conservation outreach coordinator at Underwood Conservation District (UCD), will tell you otherwise.
MILL A — On May 16-17, Friends of the Mill A Little Free Library will be holding their annual plant sale at the Gallery at 3632 Cook-Underwood Road. Follow the bright yellow signs.
THE GORGE — The buttercups found on The Dalles Mountain are unique, endangered, and are being monitored and protected by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The fast-moving water of the Missoula Floods during the Ice Age shaped the beautiful landscape of the Gorge by scraping away rocks and sediment through the valley, and it also shaped the unique growth of The Dalles Mountain Buttercup.
Free news: St. Joseph Church invites the community to its 22nd Annual Community Plant Sale, taking place Saturday, April 25, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parking lot across from Harvest Market.
Last week’s image, according to reader Courtney Kaiser, showed a contest held for the World Champion fastest earthworm March 1986, in Petersburg School. This contest, the only one of its kind he knows of, happened every year for the six years Kaiser taught there.
