As most of us know, the Cicadas come every 17 years and after about thirty days they are gone. As a resident here in Gardiner I heard the noises of the Cicadas and like most of us thought, “Boy they are annoying.”
I’m still figuring out what works and what doesn’t with gardening, but leaf mulch? It’s nature’s perfect answer; a keeper.
To identify whether you have a Barred Owl in your neighborhood check www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/barred_owl/sounds, and while you are thinking about owls, keep an eye out for a rare visitor—the Snowy Owl.
There are alternatives to large lawns.
Anyone lucky enough to have more leaf mulch than they were able to use last season (Leaf Mulch: A Perfect Answer, Fall 2013) is in for a treat; the remains of mine have now broken down further and become a truly excellent substitute for peat moss.
Improved technology and financing systems are designed to encourage more people to use it and contribute their part to keeping the planet green.
Have you been wakened during the night by the yips and howls of a band of coyotes?
A mile and a half south of Ireland Corners, just off of Route 208 in the town of Gardiner, the Catskill and Delaware Aqueducts cross each other.
Every spring these salamanders migrate from their underground forest homes to wetland ponds (“vernal pools”) to breed.
On Saturday, May 9th, in its fourth annual “Sweep,” New York’s clean water advocate Riverkeeper will, no doubt, remove thousands of pounds of debris from the Hudson River and some of its tributaries; last year 1,900 volunteers working in 82 locations gathered 31 tons of debris. Due to the efforts of local man Arthur Cemelli, the Wallkill River will be added to the list of locations this year.