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Early Saxifrage flowers blooming.

Mariton: Late April Dispatch

April 28, 2022

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager This time of the year is wonderful for a Nature Nut/Preserve Manager like me.  The wildflowers pop up faster than…

An orange tractor with a brush hog in a meadow.

Mariton: Spring Ritual

March 24, 2022

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Every March, I brush hog Meadows #1, #2, and #3 at Mariton.  This project occurs sometime between St. Patrick’s Day…

Close up of a yellow and black tiger swallowtail butterfly sips nectar from a purple flower

Mariton: Bergamot and Butterflies

August 1, 2021

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager.  Photos by Carole Mebus, Volunteer. The Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) has been blooming in Mariton’s meadows for a few weeks,…

close up of a cluster of whitish yellow flowers from poison ivy

Mariton: Name this Wildflower

June 11, 2021

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager This wildflower is quite abundant right now all over our region… but I bet very few people take a moment…

Mariton: Happy Mother’s Day

May 9, 2021

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. I haven’t written many Mother’s Day Field Notes over the years.  May is pretty hectic for Preserve Managers, and there…

Close up of a person's hands gently cupping a red trillium blossom growing from the forest floor

Mariton: Wildflower Season

May 3, 2021

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager.  Photos by Carole Mebus. Wildflowers are really starting to bloom at Mariton.  These photos are just a sampling of the…

Mariton: Blue-stemmed Goldenrod

October 16, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager The Blue-stemmed Goldenrod (Solidago caesia) is blooming now at Mariton.  I think of this wildflower as the precursor of trees…

Mariton: A Yard Experiment

October 3, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager In the spring I released a section of the lawn and let the grass grow tall.  It is an area…

Close up of a yellow and black tiger swallowtail butterfly and a Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly on purple flower

Mariton: Bergamot and Hummingbird Moths

July 21, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager.  Photos by Carole Mebus. It is the time of year when the Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) are blooming in  the…

Black Cohosh blossoms in the woods

Mariton: Black Cohosh

July 7, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager During the dog days of summer a walk in a deep shaded forest is a nice break.  Black Cohosh (Actaea…

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Music. Without Walls.

Rock, roots, and rhythm. No matter what the style, music is better with nature as the backdrop.

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