Author: Phil Huhn
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Workday – June 1, 2024
Who: Anyone who’s willing and able to help. Scarlett students are welcome to participate but you must bring a parent. Where: Meet at the bench near the showcase at the main entrance to the woods. What to bring: Hand tools if you have them – saws, loppers, clippers. Snacks and water if desired. When: June 1, 2024 at 10:00am –…
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FSMW Board Meeting (June 20, 2024)
Online Zoom Meeting May 16 7:30, Thursday FSMW is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. In this meeting we will explore what we as a community can do to manage and care for Scarlett Mitchell Woods, the central 40 acres of the Scarlett Mitchell Nature Area. This area contains the heart of the woods and the pond, which…
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Workday – May 11, 2024
Thanks to Bahá’ís and friends for helping remove invasive from Scarlett Mitchell Woods.
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Spring 2024 Serendipity Walk – Creatures of the Pond
Michael led us on a walk to the pond and looked for bugs, larvae and nymphs in the water. We found a red water mite, water fleas, a blood sucker and a variety of larvae. The pond was not teeming with bugs and larvae as was expected. The bugs and larvae are food for other…
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Prickly Ash
Prickly Ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) has a long litany of common names including toothache tree on Wikipedia. The oil extracts from the bark of the prickly ash have been used in traditional medicine and studied for antifungal and cancer killing properties. This was photographed along the path to the pond.
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Bloodroot
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) sounds like a plant from Professor Pomona Sprout’s Herbology class at Hogwarts. It is definitely a real plant. In reading Wikipedia, one learns that the red sap can kill skin cells but may find some use in helping with cancer. This plant was near the entrance where the path branches towards the pond.
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Springtime on the Pond
Springtime in the animal kingdom means a time of rebirth. This was evident from this picture taken on April 26, 2024 at the pond by Pat of a mama and her 9 ducklings.
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Spring 2024 Serendipity Walk – Birding and Mindfulness
Thanks so much for attending our Birding and Mindfulness Walk held on Saturday, April 20 – 10:00 am. Hope you had as good a time as I did! I looked up the swallows that were so gracefully flying over the pond and then, prompted by a list of swallows, clearly remembered that they were Rough-Winged swallows.…
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Impromptu Garlic Mustard Removal
On April 18, 2024, Judy had an impromptu an invasive garlic mustard pulling workday event. Thanks to all who heeded the call.
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FSMW Board Meeting (May 16, 2024)
Online Zoom Meeting May 16 7:30, Thursday FSMW is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. In this meeting we will explore what we as a community can do to manage and care for Scarlett Mitchell Woods, the central 40 acres of the Scarlett Mitchell Nature Area. This area contains the heart of the woods and the pond, which…