Corrine Kozlak, author of Maple Syrup: 40 Tried & True Recipes, celebrated Thanksgiving early. Here is her menu: Maple-Basted Stuffed Turkey Roll, Mashed Sweet Potatoes, Maple Bacon Brussels Sprouts, Company’s Coming Salad, and Maple Pecan Pie for dessert. This year, instead of buying a bone-in turkey for her Thanksgiving feast, Corrine...
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Adventure Publications is proud to announce that Foraging Southern California: 118 Nutritious, Tasty, and Abundant Foods, by Douglas Kent, has won the Nature Guidebook Category 2020 National Outdoor Book Award (NOBA). We are thrilled to share with you NOBA’s review herewith: “Foraging Southern California is a terrific little guidebook...
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In today’s post, Nicole Hardina, author of Little Washington, tells us all about the history of Coupeville, a paradise of nature, located on Whidbey Island. Natural prairies and marshes characterize Whidbey Island’s landscape, the product of glacial lakes left by a receding Vashon glacier nearly...
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In today’s post our colleague Brett Ortler shares with us his passion for citizen science. It is a great family activity. If you’re like me, you’ve spent a lot of time bird-watching, paying more attention to your garden or the plants springing up in your yard, even...
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Wildlife photographer and naturalist Stan Tekiela takes us to his favorite patch of late-blooming flowers to observe the Goldfinch. At this time of year there aren’t a lot of flowers blooming, so this patch is like a magnet in attracting the few remaining hummingbirds and...
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To help you get into the spirit of the happiest season of all, we are launching our 2020 Christmas GIVEAWAY. One lucky winner will receive the beautiful 2020 Hallmark “The Beauty of Birds Black-Throated Blue Warbler” Keepsake Christmas Ornament and a copy of Stan Tekiela’s Backyard...
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There are about as many myths about bats as there are bat species. Karen Krebbs, author of Bat Basics, debunks the myths and tells you all you need to know about these amazing mammals. Bats don’t get tangled in human hair. Unlike what you see in...
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Learn to identify the birds of Texas, and make bird-watching even more enjoyable with Stan Tekiela’s famous Birds of Texas Field Guide. This book features 140 species of Texas birds organized by color for ease of use. Do you see a yellow bird and don’t...
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If you’re stuck at home, you might, like millions of others, find yourself wanting a new hobby. Stargazing is a free, rewarding way to Be Well, Be Outdoors that you can start tonight—assuming the clouds cooperate. Better yet, you don’t need a fancy telescope or...
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Learn to identify the trees in the Carolinas with Stan Tekiela’s famous Trees of the Carolinas Field Guide. Learn about all 153 species found in the two states, organized by leaf type and attachment. Just look at a tree’s leaves, then go to the correct...
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