Spring beauties are one of the early risers of the spring wildflowers. Their nectar and pollen come none too soon for small native bees that are waking up. In the deciduous forests, spring beauties line the edges of trials with their delicate pale pink and white blooms. The plant is a perennial that survives the winter thanks to its tuberous root. The slender leaves … [Read more...] about Spring Wildflowers: Spring Beauties
Field Gear
Gizmos I Love: Meet Garmin 60 Series
Hiking for 60 Hikes within 60 Miles Cincinnati required some specialized field gear like a GPS mapping unit. The GPS mapping system allows me to create trail maps that are crazy accurate. If you are mapping trails, you want the mapped trail to be as close as possible to the actual trail because being off 30-50 feet is a big damn deal. After trying out one unit, in July, … [Read more...] about Gizmos I Love: Meet Garmin 60 Series