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…

Garlic mustard may be behind in season at Mariton Wildlife Sanctuary (see below), but it’s right on time at Crow’s Nest Preserve. I know several…

On the slopes of the hill above Piersol Road you can see trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens) in bloom right now. Here’s one nestled into a bed…

Trout lily (Erithronium americanum) is in full bloom and this has been a great year for it. There are always a lot of (spotted, like…

I had the pleasure today of a new experience: co-delivering a webinar on invasive plants with a couple folks from Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and…

Here are some photos of this week’s blooms. Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis): Spicebush (Lindera benzoin): Spring beauty (Claytonia virginica): And two more that I just added…