I have been looking for Round-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica americana) ever since Dan told me he had found Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) blooming at Crow's Nest Preserve. …

Like the other Preserve Managers at Natural Lands, I monitor easements.  Unlike, most of them, I am still monitoring (most mangers have finished by now). …

I know it will get cold again; even our probable last frost-free date of May 15 has been exceeded in recent years. But yesterday it…

We had a successful morning planting trees at the preserve. While the number (80) is not in itself remarkable, the logistics of planting at three…

This week I finished chipping our brush piles and winter's storm damage. My favorite species to chip? Sassafras, for its wonderful smell. Of course I…

We had a wet March at Mariton:  7.13 inches of precipitation.  (The average is 4.41 inches.)  There were two big rain events at the beginning…