@EclecticEnvironmentalist

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I manage my second growth forest/work in progress farmstead; where I am working to restore it's biodiversity and increase my self sufficiency.

I love to craft, cook, forage, garden, and preserve food.

Avatar: close up shot of a honey mushroom (Armillaria mellea)

Header: a picture of the small stream behind my home in the fall with some yellowing leaves in the foreground.

PronounsShe/her
EducationBS Environmental Science
LocationNorth-Central Arkansas, US
EclecticEnvironmentalistJun 1
Such a gorgeous day down at the stream. We have been having a lot of spring rain and as the flooding receeded the beautiful mineral heavy blue green color has returned. There's also so many fish, insects, and tadpoles it was delightful to spend some time watching them
EclecticEnvironmentalistMar 28

Spring ephemerals might be popping up in a woodland near you!

Prarie trillium (Trillium recurvatum) (which only grows in the woods) and Dutchman's breaches (Dicentra cucullaria).

#spring #woodland #bloomscrolling

EclecticEnvironmentalistMar 15

Exploring on a rainy spring day found a really cool fungus, eating a log, being eaten by a colony of really cool millipedes. What a nice day :3

The fungus is violet crust (Phlebiopsis crassa) and the millipedes are feather millipedes (Brachycybe lecontii).

#nature #spring #rainy #millipede #fungus

EclecticEnvironmentalistMar 15

New fern fronds unfurling!

#nature #mosstodon #spring

EclecticEnvironmentalistMar 13
Quite a few of my early spring flowering trees have already set flowers which is delightful to see. My local weather is predicting a hard freeze just after the weekend so we will see if they can last though. I hope so because I'd really like some sand plums! If anyone knows what species my little cellophane bee visitor is I'd love to know.
#bloomscrolling #flowerfriday #pollinator #bee
EclecticEnvironmentalistMar 13
The spring rains are here and all of the mosses know it. So many of them are fruiting #mosstodon
EclecticEnvironmentalistJan 26

The sudden cold after such a mild winter caused frost ribbons to form! I took these pictures a few days before the snow moved in.

They usually only happens during the first hard frost of the year so it is quite odd to see them in late January

#silentsunday #nature

EclecticEnvironmentalistJan 25

I used yesterdays snow day to felt a new bird ornament, now I have a tufted titmouse!

#crafting #felting #birdwatching #snowday

EclecticEnvironmentalistJan 25

Very snowy and peaceful! The stream was almost frozen over yesterday, we will see if it's still flowing this afternoon

#snowday #snow #bunny #animaltracks #nature #silentsunday

EclecticEnvironmentalistJan 25

The snow has brought new birds up to the feeder!

#snowday #birdwatching