The Week in Review

This has been a busy week at the preserves, typical of spring and appropriate for Earth Week. I can report only on the small portion that I participated in or heard about. Early in the week we hosted vegetation management training at Crow's Nest, led by Art Gover from Penn State, to help us get a handle on the mile-a-minute and other weed problems. I understand that on Wednesday tree seedlings and wildflower plugs were successfully planted at Binky Lee. Then on Thursday a few of us planted this native garden at Hildacy Farm with plants reprentative of the Piedmont: mountain laurel, rhododendron, native azaleas, spicebush, redbud, and dogwood. Sean changed the bush hog blades to get the Crow's Nest tractor ready for mowing trails next week, and we bought more mulch for around existing plantings. And our afternoon kids' programs started this week: WebWalkers and Spiderlings.