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A Seed Savers Exchange packet of red milkweed seeds, a plant that is vital to the future of monarch butterflies. Photo © Tom Bland.

The Importance of Milkweed to Monarch Butterflies

April 27, 2014by Tom Bland 1 Comment

In November of 2013 we were horrified to read The Year the Monarch Didn’t Appear by Jim Robbins in the New York Times – the story of the dramatic decline in the […]

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Metamorphosis – a Caterpillar Becomes a Swallowtail Butterfly

August 21, 2013by Diana Pappas 3 Comments

[ This is Part Two of the story of Dilly the swallowtail – if you have not yet read Part One, please do so by clicking here! ] When Dilly, […]

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Insects

When dill gives you a caterpillar, raise a butterfly.

August 9, 2013by Diana Pappas 8 Comments

I love putting together small, unusual flower arrangements all season long. I’ll start with forced forsythia branches, maybe some redbud branches and I’ll move on with the season to daffodils, […]

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Insects
An adult brood II cicada, a 17 year periodical cicada, seen in late May of 2013 in Bergen County, NJ, USA. Photo © Tom Bland.

Brood II has emerged…

May 26, 2013by Tom Bland 3 Comments

A few hours ago on my walk I came across the first live adult Brood II cicadas not only of the spring, but the first I’ve ever seen, ever. As […]

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Great blue heron in winter at Greenbrook Sanctuary.

Greenbrook Sanctuary and its resident Great Blue Heron.

March 16, 2013by Diana Pappas 2 Comments

Here’s a moment of tranquility for you to start your weekend off right: A great blue heron presiding over the pond at Greenbrook Sanctuary, just a few short miles from […]

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Green woodland in the Berkshires, Western Massachusetts.

If children lose contact with nature they won’t fight for it…

February 5, 2013by Tom Bland 1 Comment

A few extracts from an important article by George Monbiot: ‘The remarkable collapse of children’s engagement with nature – which is even faster than the collapse of the natural world […]

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Black-capped Chickadee at a window-mounted peanut feeder.

“Hi, chick-a-dee!”

February 4, 2013by Diana Pappas Leave a comment

Our two-year-old nephew took to birds early in his life, pointing them out and calling them “Bbah” to our delight. Owls soon became a firm favorite and he would flip […]

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