Ice Storms, Shade Tolerance, and Competition The tremendous ice storm last night has put a fine point on this note, since as I write this, 14 inch oak trees are […] Read more
Wild Boar and Focusing on the Target I was astonished to read how a wild Russian boar was hit by a car and killed in central Massachusetts. No one has any […] Read more
Stone Walls and Segmentation I came across a marvelous stone wall in the woods the other day – four feet wide, three high and straight as an arrow […] Read more
Differentiation and Colorful Fungi I have finally found out the great benefit of a cold and rainy August – mushrooms. I was walking through the woods the other […] Read more
Square Hockey Pucks and New Markets It always amazes me how kids can take a product (e.g. building block) expressly designed for a particular purpose and use it very successfully […] Read more