Links that may or may not be related to gardens, food, travel, nature, or heterotopias and liminal spaces but probably are. Sources in parentheses.
research article: Not all temperate deciduous trees are leafless in winter: The curious case of marcescence (J. Mason Heberling & Rose-Marie Muzika/Ecosphere – open access). Basically, marcescence: we don’t know why it happens but here are six major hypotheses that need much more research, probably by botanical gardens and arboreta.
article: Horned Larks Enliven Sleeping Fields (Colby Galliher/Northern Woodlands). (We saw a flock landed in a November field in Middlebury VT in 2013 and it was magical! Last November, we saw them on the rocky beaches of Maine and New Hampshire.)
field guide to December 2024 (Vermont Center for Ecostudies). Lichen (and their forms), social caterpillar collectives, bird nest ID, pine cone willow gall midge, changes in freeze-thaw cycles.
virtual tours: Ponemah Bog Wildlife Sanctuary (New Hampshire Audubon). A unique kettle hole bog in Amherst NH — and now, on your computer or phone! Also virtually explore Thompson Wildlife Sanctuary (Sandwich NH), which offers the experience of wetlands, old growth forest, and keystone wildlife species. These are nicely done.
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