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Fern elegance
April 23, 2020 - Last year, when I was graced with an opportunity to trek the local backwoods with members of the Connecticut Botanical S...
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Ferns at rest
January 06, 2020 - A little chillier today, but still clear and dry. I spent more time inside than out, since it was the official day of th...
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Flddling about
April 21, 2019 - We might actually have some sunshine today, and maybe I'll actually have some time to go for a longish walk. But to cove...
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Marginalized
October 02, 2018 - Gradually, very gradually, I'm getting better with the ferns. I probably know at least a dozen pretty darn well, which i...
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Maidens among us
June 19, 2018 - I will walk a mile to spot a rarity... in fact, to see a rare fern, I'll walk at least a mile and a half. That's certain...
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Life's a beech... fern
June 08, 2018 - One of the great joys of returning to an area over and over again... over the years... is that you begin to know what to...
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Fiddling about
April 27, 2018 - Several days ago, when I was combing the local boulders for Virginia Rockbreaker blossoms, I noticed the first "fiddlehe...
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Fiddleheading about
April 23, 2017 - For the past few years, ferns have been on my "really master" natural history task list, and, I have to humbly admit, I'...
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Beech connection
October 08, 2016 - Where is a good field botanist when I need one? On yet another walk to the back woods to release yet another mouse trapp...
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Start of curling season
November 25, 2015 - The cold weather continues, and a sign of the times, besides the skim ice and waterfall icicles, is an event we call the...
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Fern finale
November 22, 2015 - With all the chilliness in the air, and a touch of killing frost, the more tender species of ferns have definitely calle...
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Silver aftermath
October 20, 2015 - After yesterday morning's definite killing frost, my objective during this morning's much warmer walk—no winter gear nec...
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A (major) touch of silver
October 19, 2015 - The countryperson's question at this time of year, in archetype asked by old gammers sitting around the woodstove at the...
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Blazing ferns
May 10, 2015 - Sadly, neither I nor my wife have living mothers to honor on what would be their day, so, since my wife basically loathe...
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Spring unrolling
April 24, 2015 - Fiddleheads, so named because they look like the tuning pegs of violins and other stringed instruments in that family, a...
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Instead of food photos
November 27, 2014 - If I were in keeping with the times, I would have taken lots of pictures of our Thanksgiving feast—the one that this yea...
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Exciting discovery
September 23, 2014 - I could fill post after post with images and impressions of the time I spent in the field with the Andrews Foray partici...
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The beginning of the end
August 29, 2014 - While my fern identification skills are not too good, they are improving, and this is a species I know pretty well. Hay-...
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