Volunteers with Spotted Knapweed It’s July. It’s hot. Sweat is a constant companion in the field. Ticks are out in force; the berry bushes have thorns that grasp clothing at every step. Plants out of place otherwise known as inappropriate plants or invasive plants laugh at us as we pass by knowing that we are… Continue Reading Notes from the Land: Why We Do What We Do
Burning at Belwin
At Belwin Conservancy, we steward more than 1,600 ecologically rich acres next door to a major metropolitan area. Our goal is not just to maintain the land as it was when we acquired it, but to transform the land to the state it was in before European settlers arrived and to support the most ecologically… Continue Reading Burning at Belwin
When Winter Favors Summer Weeds
This article was first published in the winter of 2017. On the shortest day of 2016, more than 100 people came to Belwin for our first Solstice Bonfire. Great piles of buckthorn branches were burned, music was sung, stories were told and friendships—with others and with the land—were made. Spotted knapweed is an invasive species… Continue Reading When Winter Favors Summer Weeds
