Salamanders delight hikers

#MiddleburyCT #RedEfts #MiddleburyLandTrust #KidsHike By JANINE SULLIVAN–WILEY On a sunny day during our very wet August, I went on a hike with a bunch of family – including five ... Continue Reading →

Fence posts dot the forest

#MiddleburyCT #MiddleburyLandTrust #TuttleWoods By JANINE SULLIVAN–WILEY A recent Middlebury Land Trust (MLT) hike went through the Tuttle Woods preserve. Keen observation brought ... Continue Reading →

Eradicate a foliar felon

#MiddleburyCT #MiddleburyLandTrust #Knotweed By JANINE SULLIVAN–WILEY You may have seen them proliferating along roadsides, streams and rivers, the foliar felons called by an innocent-sounding ... Continue Reading →

Learn how to take a hike

#MiddleburyCT #MiddleburyLandTrust #Hiking By JANINE SULLIVAN–WILEY May is a beautiful month. The blitz of flowering that began in April continues, and the woods are filled with ... Continue Reading →

Grow native; buy local

#MiddleburyCT #NativePlants #BuyLocal By JANINE SULLIVAN–WILEY There is a strong emphasis now on growing native plants for their benefit to birds, bees, butterflies, insects in general, ... Continue Reading →

Trees adapt to winter

By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Winter in Connecticut can be hard on everything that lives outdoors. There are many adaptations for animals (fur, burrow, hibernate), birds (some just go south, ... Continue Reading →

Keep walking this winter

#MiddleburyCT #MiddleburyLandTrust #Winter By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY As winter closes in here in Connecticut, it can be very tempting to just grab a sweater and a cozy blanket and curl ... Continue Reading →

Shift to native garden species

#MiddleburyCT #NativePlants By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY At the recent Middlebury Land Trust Sunflower Days event, several people said they want to shift the plantings at their homes to ... Continue Reading →

Visitor shares thoughts

By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY This summer my husband and I had the wonderful opportunity to have our eldest grandchild, Nico, stay with us for 5 ½ weeks. Her father (our son) and his family ... Continue Reading →

Baby wildlife best left alone

#MiddleburyCT #BabyWildlife By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Many animal mothers leave their young in what they see as a protected spot while they go off to forage. If you find and remove ... Continue Reading →