Designing a Pollinator Garden

I’m no presidential historian. Ask me to list them in order and I’ll stumble beyond the Bushes and likely forget half the names to occupy the office during the country’s first 150 years. So, it should be no surprise that I was slow to appreciate that Lincoln, who I knew served during the most divisive chapter in American history, was our Nation’s greatest architect of cohesion...

Cool-season grasses common in Iowa lawns, including Kentucky bluegrass, ryegrass and fescue, naturally turn brown and in summer enter dormancy when rainfall or irrigation is scarce. Although the foliage dies back, crowns and roots remain alive. Most healthy lawns can survive dormancy for four to six weeks without water and recover when moisture returns...