I don’t usually cut back perennials in the barnyard garden until the end of winter so they provide wildlife cover. This year the October snow…

At first glance this gripe has little to do with stewarding land, but using salt excessively on our local roads instead of correcting drainage problems…

The rain has been a huge challenge to getting projects accomplished at the preserve. Yesterday I organized the office and filed away the dozens of…

I didn’t grow up in a rural area where burning leaves was allowed, so I don’t have any childhood nostalgia for the autumn smell of…

Our work is not finished when we plant new trees. Each year we check on our young charges, making sure they are free from vines…

The initial way I had routed the downspout straight into the rain barrel resulted in too much water entering, and blowing the lid off the…

We’ve had a good time exploring the preserve at WebWalkers, WebWigglers, and WebWanderers this fall despite the frequent rain. We were studying seeds and seed…

  I made another round with the chipper yesterday to clean up more damaged limbs that have been dropping over the few weeks since the…

As the storm cleanup progresses I can’t help noticing that some of the preserve neighbors have been putting the brush that fell in their yards,…

After another half day of chainsawing and chipping the service road (tractor path) between Harmonyville Road and Northside Road is open. I was pleased to…