Thrilled to get to chat with New York Times garden columnist Margaret Roach on her podcast A Way to Garden, about the trials and tribulations of bringing back native meadows, struggles with invasive plants, and how to accept imperfection.

#ecologicalrestoration #ecology #books #badnaturalist #onthemountain #nativeplants #invasiveplants #nature

https://awaytogarden.com/adventures-of-a-bad-naturalist-with-paula-whyman/

My latest Bad Naturalist newsletter has icicles, sumac, a mystery tree, podcasts, and the poodle. Check it out!

#winter #icestorm #trees #books #badnaturalist #onthemountain

https://badnaturalistnewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/snowbound-in-january-c4ac889457789021

The December Bad Naturalist newsletter is here, and it has flickers, foggy days, and footprints (well, animal tracks), plus a list of book events & my January radio schedule. Check it out! (The book is out on 1/7 and still available for preorder at your favorite places!)

#flickers #animaltracks #fog #onthemountain #badnaturalist #bookstodon #books #nature #birds #conservation #memoir #nonfiction #badnaturalist #readers #writers

https://badnaturalistnewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/fall-into-november-81f9cd2a4210eaa1

The October issue of the Bad Naturalist newsletter is here and it has bad Halloween puns, tricky snakes, hallucinogenic weeds, and a poodle sunset. Check it out!

#BadNaturalist #OnTheMountain #NativePlants #InvasivePlants #nature #conservation #EcologicalRestoration #poodle #nonfiction #ecology #bookstodon

https://badnaturalistnewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/october-is-terra-fying

This large milkweed bug sitting on a milkweed pod is a true bug. Because it's native, the plant tolerates its predation. You can tell it's the "large" version of the bug because of the band across its middle.

#milkweed #MilkweedBug #NativePlants #NativeInsects #insects #nature #OnTheMountain #BadNaturalist

The August issue of the Bad Naturalist newsletter is here, and it's got a plant you can eat and a plant you definitely should not eat, a hitchhiking moth, a sleeping poodle, and some exciting book news...

#BadNaturalist #OnTheMountain #NativePlants #insects #InvasivePlants #plants #naturalist #virginia #BlueRidge #bookstodon #conservation #BookNews

https://badnaturalistnewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/august-everything

The July issue of the Bad Baturalist newsletter Is here! It has a peek inside nest boxes, a native plant takeover, and even some bug sex. It's free to read and subscribe.

#BadNaturalist #nature #NativePlants #birds #insects #bluebirds #milkweed #OnTheMountain #books #newsletter

https://badnaturalistnewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/july-arrives-hot-heavy

Found this monarch caterpillar lost in the grass. Not sure how it got there. I carried it to a milkweed plant, and it immediately curled around the stem and looked much more at home.

#monarch #caterpillar #milkweed #OnTheMountain

It turns out I have a lot to say about blackberry plants.

#AmWriting #blackberry #bramble #NativePlants #OnTheMountain

(This plant is black raspberry.)

I'm finding more Carolina roses in the meadow this year. (It's the little successes that keep me going.)

#meadow #restoration #conservation #NativePlants #rewilding #CarolinaRose #PrairieRose #flowers #NativeFlowers #OnTheMountain