Professional photographer John Gerber has chronicled the Great Migration, documenting the wildebeest in their 1,100-mile seasonal journey crossing the Mara River, following them from Kenya to their calving grounds in Tanzania. Join Gerber for “The Great Migration: Following the ...
Are you interested in learning how to grow fruit, vegetables, trees, and ornamentals? Do you have an interest in learning how to start plants, diagnose disease and pest problems, and join a group of like-minded gardeners to share information with others in your community? Have you considered becoming a Penn State Extension Master Gardener but don’t know where to begin? The Penn State Extension Master Gardener Program provides horticultural training to interested individuals. To be considered for the Master Gardener training program, visit the Warren Master Gardener website ...
The end of August is one of those liminal spaces where we seem to exist in two different seasons. According to the calendar, it will be summer for a few more weeks, and the daytime is still often warm and sunny enough to continue beach days and summer activities. However, the nights are ...
The August garden is slowly getting ready for the end of the summer season. We have lost a significant amount of sunlight over the last weeks and while we tell ourselves there is lots of summer gardening left, the truth is, Mother Nature has other ideas. The garden is in transition. The ...
I love children’s picture books. They are simple, yet often powerful, stories capture my imagination and each illustrated page is a work of art. As a kid, one of my favorites was “Miss Rumphius,” written and illustrated by Barbara Cooney. It is a story of Alice Rumphius, who lived by ...
Many animals like to stay in groups. After all, safety in numbers is a wonderful survival tactic for wild creatures. Prey animals are safer from predators and the predators can work together with their group mates to take down prey. But one thing about these groups has always fascinated me: ...
