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Maple syruping for beginners
Glass bottles and jars for syrup Like many hobbies, maple syruping can be done very simply and inexpensively, or you can have equipment lust. There are plenty of tempting syrup accessories out there,...
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When is the ice safe? Ice-walking in Acadia
Lake Wood is small, and freezes early. “When is the ice safe?” I am asked. There are plenty of answers to this, but the only right one is: “It depends.” Safe for a skater does not mean safe for a...
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Being a Maine naturalist is risky business.
Another installment in my progress as a Maine Master Naturalist tier 1 student. Toebiter. Dytiscoidea Family (after he declined to bite my toes.) (Roberta Sharp photo) One thing we were not told when...
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101 Acadian Nights: Sleeping Outdoors in Acadia National Park*
The summer bedroom by day I’d like to say I sleep within spitting distance of the park, but it is about 25 feet from my bed to the border of Acadia National Park, and my spit barely clears my shoes. I...
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My hornet grows up and leaves the nest
I can swat mosquitoes and stamp red ants, but hornets have the ability to give chase and sting again and again. Their sting is not one easily ignored. I can garden with blackfly bites until the blood...
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Five things to love about stick season in Maine
We are in stick season, and we will be here until the snow falls. While some may liken that to Purgatory, it is a season worth exploring, not ignoring. Stick season view “What is there to like?” a...
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