Yesterday on the blue false indigo (Baptisia australis) plants I saw this pretty caterpillar. I had left my camera at my parents’ house over the…

First, a plant we love is in bloom right now. Half of its name—butterfly weed—is unfortunate, as it is not a weed at all. At…

This evening while I was walking the dog (leashed, of course) there was a commotion in the woods. A hen turkey and her young had…

Jack and I bought a couple more Jersey steers to make them available for Crow’s Nest Preserve’s prescribed grazing program. Our large pair are busy…

It’s a commonly held belief that once land is developed into houses, streets, stores and parking lots, it will never be natural open space again.…

It seemed to rain for a minute every half hour today, alternating sun and dark clouds. Posted by Daniel Barringer on May 4, 2012.

The kids and counselors at our spring WebWalkers program borrowed a trail camera (motion-activated automatic camera) and placed it at various locations around the preserve.…

These lovely flowers (very close up) are from poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans). It is blooming right now at the preserve, and the vines are humming…

The Building Stewardship staff has moved outdoors for the summer to work on the addition that will go on the back of the lodge house…

The other day I was leafing though the April issue of Natural History magazine and reached the last page, the “Endpaper” column. Written by Rick Pruetz…