November 4, 2016
A detailed review of the Wildflower Preserve restoration project phases and planned schedules.
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October 31, 2016
Come join our volunteer naturalists as they lead 38 nature outings at 11 different locations this season!
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October 26, 2016
We have just completed our annual “snowbird migration” from our farm in VA to our home on Manasota Key, FL.
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October 8, 2016
We are leaving shortly for our winter home in SW FL and are reluctantly saying goodbye to our beloved Blue
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October 1, 2016
Our weather is showing some cool night time temperatures, but frost is still 2-3 weeks away and there is lots
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September 20, 2016
The 2016 Giving Challenge is now complete! Thank you to each of the 110 donors who contributed to Lemon Bay
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September 20, 2016
Our Summer 2016 Newsletter includes informative articles on the Wildflower Preserve habitat restoration project, the 2016 STEM Camp, the Kids
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September 19, 2016
As summer draws to a close, there is still a great deal of animal activity and a different group of
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September 10, 2016
On a recent bike ride along the New River Trail in VA I was more or less in auto-pilot and
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September 1, 2016
Late summer is a time in our area of southwest Virginia for flowering of natives such as goldenrod, ironweed, impatiens,
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August 19, 2016
It is possible to judge the approximate time of year at a certain location by looking at what is flowering
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August 14, 2016
Invasive species removal, the first phase of our habitat restoration project at Wildflower Preserve is well underway.
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July 31, 2016
So much is happening in nature and in our human constructed world that we tend to ignore some of the
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July 23, 2016
Now in late July on our VA farm the predominant color of the landscape is GREEN, as shown in this
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July 13, 2016
In general I do not recommend trying to improve on nature beyond the boundaries of the yard since the beauty
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July 2, 2016
As July starts, the nature lover can continue to enjoy some breeding birds and observe an increasing number of
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June 22, 2016
Here on our VA Blue Ridge Mountain farm we are still having some cool nights in the 50’s, but many
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June 17, 2016
Thanks to volunteer Bob Winter for this video about the start of invasive plant removal for our Wildflower Preserve Habitat Restoration project!
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