“Urban nature will serve us best when it’s allowed to be a little wild, at least in spots.” — The Nature Fix by Florence Williams

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Read the introduction to the Weeds of Boise project here.

• Abandoned Pizza Hut on Ann Morrison Park Drive
• Ridenbaugh Canal between Vista Avenue and Federal Way
• Northwest Corner of Ann Morrison Park
• Ahavath Beth Israel Synagogue Garden
• Awkward Botany Headquarters
• Railroad Tracks Between Kootenai Street and Overland Road
• iNaturalist Observations
• Vacant Lot on West Kootenai Street
• Hellstrip on Jefferson Street

Summer of Weeds

During the summer of 2017, I profiled a new weed each week. I called it the Summer of Weeds. Here are the posts from that project:

• Introduction
• Henbit and Purple Deadnettle
• Pineapple Weed
• Salsify
• Common Mullein
• Eating Purslane
• Plantains
• Lambsquarters
• Stinking Lovegrass
• Flower of an Hour
• Willowherbs and Fireweed
• Wild Urban Plants of Boise

Eating Weeds

An ever-growing series of posts about edible weeds and how to eat them.

• Chicory
• Blue Mustard
• Dandelion Flowers
• Clovers
• Purslane
• Burdock
• Pineapple Weed
• Lambsquarters
• Japanese Knotweed

Using Weeds

Edible or not, some weeds are quite useful. This is a series of posts about the uses for weeds.

• Soapwort

Book and Zine Reviews

If you, like me, enjoy reading about weeds and invasive species, here are a few recommendations. 

• Good Weed Bad Weed
• In Defense of Weeds
• Weeds Find a Way
• An Urban Field Guide to the Plants in Your Path
• Rambunctious Garden
• A Feast of Weeds
• The New Wild
• What Weeds Are Thinking