By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Right now goldenrod is blooming, and it is glorious. But I’m really attracted to the more subtle flowers blooming right…

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.…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager It was a quiet Sunday at the preserve. Many who might otherwise visit the preserve are away on vacation. It…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager This isn’t the “Dirty Jobs” blog but in this photo building stewardship field supervisor Steve Holmburg is doing just that.…