By Sara Wright One of the advantages to staying close to home in extreme heat is that I spend most of my outdoor time in my own forests....

Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell A Review Sy Montgomery's latest book, like so many of her works, provides a bridge, often...

By Sara Wright This morning Hunter leapt under towering marigold umbrellas into tadpoled pond water as I tore up another handful of...

By James Reddoch Imagine your yard and garden as a supermarket where birds come to search the shelves for the foods they need to thrive...

By Sara Wright This morning when I took the dogs out around 6 o’clock, I saw a beautiful luna moth lying on emerald green moss-covered...

Humans aren’t the only social creatures. Many insects like ants and bees are, too

By Linda Ray We have all seen and been amazed by glowing nocturnal insects that create their own light. This seems to be a wonder of the...

By Sara Wright This morning it was cool and gray, a perfect time to check to see if one of my favorite late-blooming woodland...

By Amy Halsted A May 29 Facebook post on Backyard Gardening Maine (BGM) is the inspiration for this column. "What can I plant from seed...

By Sara Wright I eagerly look forward to these ephemeral wildflowers each year because they appear just after the bloodroot and trillium...

by Amy Halsted Mow. No Mow. Low Mow. Less is Mow! The #NoMowMay movement has its roots in the U.K. and was started in 2019 by the...

By Linda Ray Decomposers and detritivores play a crucial role in food webs and ecosystems on our planet. Think about a world that did not...

Mahoosuc Land Trust is participating in a new study designed to measure the impact of forestry management practices on bird diversity

Although they visit the garden, these aerial wizards are born in the water.

By Sara Wright The Chinese call them cloud fungus, conjuring up the shapes of these stunning polypores. I see scalloped bands of...

By Amy Halsted To meet the needs of butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, wasps, flies, long-tongued and short-tongued bees, pollinator...

By James Reddoch We are at that point of every year when we transition. It is not the only transition of the year, but it is a big one....

By Julie Reiff This time of year, as snow melt and spring rains fill small depressions in the land, you are likely to come across pools...

By Linda Ray Springtime is coming and the overwintering pupa of the order Lepidoptera, hidden in soil, plant, and leaf mulch break out as...

By Barbara Murphy About this time every year I spend countless hours poring over seed catalogs figuring out what fruits and vegetables I...