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 →
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