By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Sometimes it seems like moving rocks is what we do (see post below). This weekend we had a very successful…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager A narrow strip of ground in an otherwise inhospitable space (clay fill, rain shadow of house, hot western exposure at…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Or if you’d rather (but I don’t), “Plants we love to hate.” It is ragweed season, and many of us…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager I like before-and-after pictures, but I’m not always good about getting the “before.” Here’s one from our meadow establishment at…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager “Sit down, pull up a chair!” Never a dull moment at the preserve.  

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager The days are getting shorter and the hour when I open the chicken coop is getting closer to the start…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Yesterday a luna moth (Actias luna) appeared at our house on the preserve. Above, an abstract view. Below, on the woodpile.…