Author: Phil Huhn

  • Loop Trail Walk in the Fall

    Loop trail, trail entrance

    Contains sixteen photos of the loop trail. These photos were taken on October 15, 2022.


  • FSMW Organizational Meeting #7 (Oct 2022)

    Scarlett Mitchell Woods entrance sign

    Online Zoom Meeting October 20 7:30, Thursday To explore the creation of an on-going organization of community members to help manage and care for Mitchell-Scarlett Woods, the central 40 acres of the Scarlett-Mitchell Nature Area. This area contains the heart of the woods and the pond, which was dredged in 1982. It is owned by…


  • Fall in Love with the Woods

    Fall tree canopy

    We had three days of beautiful fall weather to fall in love with the woods. Judy Schmidt led three interpretive walks through the 90 acres of woods. Judy pointed out pileated woodpeckers, turtles, native and invasives plants, etc. These are five pictures from one of the walks. Join us for one or a series of…


  • Stump Story by Judith Schmidt

    Black Walnut Tree at Woods Entrance

    A tree stands on the lawn of Scarlett Middle School, between the bus turn-around loop and the entrance to Mitchell-Scarlett Woods. The tree is a black walnut, but instead of a single trunk it has multiple trunks, some of which rise to a height of fifty feet or more. Because it stands alone, its branches…


  • FSMW Organizational Meeting #6 (Sept 2022)

    Scarlett Mitchell Woods entrance sign

    Online Zoom Meeting Sept 15 7:30, Thursday To explore the creation of an on-going organization of community members to help manage and care for Mitchell-Scarlett Woods, the central 40 acres of the Scarlett-Mitchell Nature Area. This area contains the heart of the woods and the pond, which was dredged in 1982. It is owned by…


  • The Pond in Fall

    The pond in the fall

    The Pond in fall …


  • The Pond in Summer

    The pond in late Summer

    The Pond in summer …


  • Wild or Wood Geranium

    Wild Geranium

    Wild geranium (geranium maculatum) or wood geranium is a perennial plant native to woodland in eastern North America and Canada.


  • The Pond in Spring

    The pond in Winter

    The Pond in spring …


  • Mayapples

    Mayapples

    Mayapples are woodland plants, typically growing in colonies derived from a single root. The plants produce several stems from a creeping underground rhizome. Mayapple stems bear a single leaf and do not produce any flower or fruit, while flowering stems produce a pair or more leaves with 1–8 flowers in the axil between the apical…