Down By the River
I wouldn’t trade my swimming hole (Schoharie Creek) for a thousand pools with turquoise water. I’ll take the smell of river mud over chlorine any day.
Read MoreBirdsfoot Trefoil: What’s in a Name?
Birdsfoot trefoil. You probably see it on every summer’s day. It’s the froth of little yellow blossoms that line roadways and pop out of sidewalk cracks.
Read MoreWhat Does Poison Ivy Look Like, Anyway?
Poison ivy is like a chameleon, not only changing color but shifting shape. Tough to identify, it varies dramatically with each season and in each habitat.
Read MoreFerns: Can You Eat Fiddleheads?
A fiddlehead isn’t a type of fern–fiddlehead simply means a young fern. There are fiddleheads you can eat, and then there are ones you shouldn’t fiddle with.
Read MoreSpring Greens
The thing about spring greens is that you have to catch them early. Before the flowers arrive. Once you see the flowers, it’s too late–all that tender sweetness is gone. Think of lettuce bolting. Once the plant flowers, the leaves change from a tasty, crunchy mouthful to a bitter pill to swallow.
Read MoreWhat Does Poison Ivy Look Like in Spring?
What does poison ivy look like in spring? A little like a traffic light—red and shiny. Poison ivy’s first leaflets are garnet red, which slowly fades to green.
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