Consider the simple hand-pushed reel mower. Crow’s Nest Preserve is 600 acres, has miles of trails, and not insignificant lawns around several historic houses on…

At Crow’s Nest this week the campers are cool in the creek and we’re doing vine control in land management… and snapping a few photos.…

Yesterday I found this salamander in our yard. I think it is the slimy salamander, Plethodon glutinosus. If I am correct this is the first one I’ve…

Okay, here are a few more recent photos with the phone app. The novelty will wear off soon, I’m sure. In the meantime, enjoy!  …

I’ve enjoyed seeing the camera effects people use on social networking sites and decided to play with an app on my phone that produces similar…

This week on the trails along the creek we have been seeing hundreds of tiny toads, no bigger than houseflies. They are probably similar in…

We have started laying stepping stones on a path through a wet spot in the woods behind the visitor center. It’s not an official trail…

We have enjoyed a beautiful week of blooms at the preserve, from dogwood and redbud to anemone, lady’s slipper and trillium. The weather has been…

This afternoon Jack brought us the new steers that we will be using to graze specific habitats to improve them for wildlife, something we call,…

Jack and I moved our year-old steers yesterday to a new pasture across the lane. If they didn’t move into that pasture I was feeling…