Protecting your cell phone and electronics outdoors
It was easy to enforce early on. When my oldest son joined his Scout troop, the leaders had a rule: no cell phones on campouts….
Read MoreIt was easy to enforce early on. When my oldest son joined his Scout troop, the leaders had a rule: no cell phones on campouts….
Read MoreThese are parades of a different kind. The usual New Year’s Day version is fun and festive, if you like noise and crowds and giant…
They are one of the slowest moving creatures in the northern woods, generally waddling along at a seemingly carefree pace. Yet they are difficult to…
Cold-weather months are a great time for scouring catalogs for seed-starting purchases. Making grand plans for spring is invigorating thinking of what might be once…
The appeal remains the same as ever. From the days of Pirates – and probably even before that – to now, treasure hunting is a…
The firearms deer seasons – at least in those states where whitetails roam, and that’s most of them – are the busiest and most anticipated…
It was a choice of adventure over labor. A niece graduated from high school and we, her far flung family, assembled in Ohio from points…
It’s that most magical time of year for whitetail deer hunters. The rut is at its peak or very close to it. Bucks — including…
Ellen Zachos, known as the Backyard Forager, laments a late fall snow as she talks via phone from her home in New Mexico. “It’s melting,…
There was, surprisingly, no competition on that day, just as there is not so surprisingly little to none on most days in this era. There’s…
By now you probably know of my obsession to extend the season. I’m growing cool weather plants so I can enjoy the garden as long…
Spring of 2020 remains the target date for removing the legislative prohibition on Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania. But the job of reaching it starts right…