Conditions are quite different today as I step into the early November woods for a walk. With the leaf drop and the not-yet snow cover, the forest is very open, and I see plenty of things that were ...

Tree Ferns, like many true ferns, are some of the oldest plants on earth. These unique Ferns grow very slowly over many years developing robust 'trunks' that are actually rhizomes wrapping around a ...

With this recent warm spell melting the snow and exposing the bare bones of the forest floor, we can suddenly see all the low greenery that manages to persist through winter, often hidden beneath the ...