Farming/Nature
Signs of Spring
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The first sign of spring is often a crocus peeking its head out of the snow, the color of the first tulip or daffodil, or the day we notice the trees have a hint of green.
Farming/Nature
King of the Woods
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Back when we were growing up, we had one of those squat console television sets in our family room with rabbit ear antennae. It was one of my brother’s jobs to wrap hunks of tin foil around those rabbit ears and to adjust them based on the prevailing winds so that we could tune in our favorite shows.
Farming/Nature
Helping our Feathered Friends
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As many Suffield residents have noticed lately, this winter has brought with it an influx of barred owls. It’s been a treat to have an opportunity to observe owls so easily when most of us had rarely, if ever, seen one!
Farming/Nature
Where’s Waldo?
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I first spotted him on December 21, 2018, in a torrential rain storm. It was a Friday morning and I was getting ready for work.
Farming/Nature
Bee Boxes Built
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In recent years, the news has spread that our local flora, including essential food crops, is threatened by the shrinking population of pollinating bees. So on March 3, about 50 people interested in doing something about it gathered at the Second Baptist Church at 3 p.m. in a program sponsored by the Green Team of the church, the Friends of the Farm at Hilltop, and the Suffield Land Conservancy.
Farming/Nature
Great Blue Heron
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An unusual sight – a Great Blue Heron perches on a snowy rock in the Farmington River in Simsbury.
Farming/Nature
The Acrobatic Nuthatch
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Around this time of year my face is pressed to the window by our bird feeder watching the nuthatches scrabble up and down the tree trunks. The white breasted nuthatch is a fairly common visitor in these parts.