I love finding nature-themed games and puzzles. Credit for this one goes to Frank Grindrod of EarthWork Progams. Foraging with Frank at the Hawk Circle workshop was as enriching as meeting Sam Thayer. Here’s the riddle: In marbled halls as white as milk With a skin as soft as silk, In a fountain of crystal [...]

Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s clear instructions on how to get started.

The natural world is varied and diverse. Mentoring is a time-honored way to gain knowledge and to pass knowledge on to others. A good nature educator is worth his or her weight in gold.

This is another indoor nature activity.

A good time to do this is late winter, before the trees wake up.

Plants will grow in many different containers, given the right conditions. An advantage to using containers is that you can move them to maximize growing conditions. Try adapting unusual containers such as milk cartons, baskets, canisters or plastic containers. Be sure to poke holes in the bottom of the container. Line the bottom with 2 [...]

Finding a blow-down, where a live tree has fallen down, can be a lucky opportunity in a survival situation. The pine tree that fell just before our survival class began, provided pine needles for tea, pine inner bark for food, boughs to cushion and warm the floor of our shelter and baskets for heating liquid [...]

This is a neat recycling project. Try making new paper from old paper you would otherwise throw away. The results can be surprising. Many types of paper that can be used include: Computer Paper (unprinted) Newspaper (If you want a grayish colored paper) Magazines Egg Cartons Old Cards (For heavier paper) Toilet Paper Paper Bags [...]

The shortest day of the year is not only the darkest, but often the coldest day. Here are some ways to celebrate the fact that after December 22 at 1:08 AM EST, the days will start getting longer

Nothing intrigues a child more than a simple machine. After cleaning all the black walnuts we’d harvested a month earlier, I was back to share my walnut cracker with Bird Lady and her grandchildren.

Hands-on quality time spent with a friend and her grandchildren, turns walnut cracking into a game.