Headed North!
Over the holiday weekend we headed North. We have a camp in Coos County, New Hampshire that we do not get to often enough! It’s an entirely different world up there, …
A peek in the woods….
A few weeks ago we pulled over to take a picture of a quite beautiful patch of blooming Epigaea repens. As we were walking back to the Jeep, Keith peeked up …
The spring ephemerals have sprung!
It’s around this time of year that folks to the south and west of us start sharing pictures of spring ephemerals, the glorious first blooms of spring! Spring ephemerals are …
Harvesting wild cranberries and, of course, moss
Vaccininium macrocarpon, or large cranberry, is found in bogs throughout New England and is a true native American fruit. You’ve probably driven by a cranberry bog, not realizing that a …
Bottle dumps, lichens and orchids, oh my.
It certainly does not feel like winter! The lack of snow is a little worrisome for the spring wild mushroom season (two lack-luster morel seasons in a row would not …
Young Hemlock Reishi
Well looky here. I spy a tree FULL of young Hemlock Reishi! Here in the northeast our ‘Reishi’ is Hemlock reishi, Ganoderma tsugae. The original reishi, or Ganoderma lucidum, grows on …
Putney, VT Wildflowers: the rest of the best
We saw sooooo many things blooming in Putney VT! In the Connecticut River Valley, it’s an entirely different environment. Honestly….it kinda sucked going home. Keith posted a few spring ephemeral …
