We often think of planting habitat for pollinators in the springtime. However, there are some things we can do to help feed them through late fall. Natural areas are full of berries, seeds, but flowers stop blooming and the food source for pollinators quickly become scarce. Maintain a garden that blooms from early spring to […]
Bee Helpful to Pollinators this Fall Read Post »
Even tumbling through its ravine Tinkerville Brook makes barely a gurgle today. The stream is low and slow, but my educated fingertips tell me its temperature would still register below 68F. As it drops off steeply toward Bissonette Pond, the overstory is all hemlocks, and root-spreading mountain laurel is plentiful. It’s dark here, and a
Oasis at Tinkerville Read Post »
Last week I went out on my first ever trail crew with Joshua’s Trust. Usually I’m on the more administrative side of things, but I wanted to get out on the field and see what our volunteers and stewardship staff do every week. There were only 3 of us out on the trail crew, myself,
