Great Outdoors
Springtime ritual
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Granby newcomer Noah Sords enjoyed some private time casting for trout at Christensen’s Pond.
Great Outdoors
Good morning, Granby!
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A beautiful Easter morning sunrise graced the Granby Land Trust’s Mary Edwards Mountain Property.
Granby Land Trust
Get to know trees at Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve
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On Connecticut Trails Day, Sunday, June 8, from 12 to 2 p.m., naturalist, writer, speaker, photographer and illustrator Michael Wojtech will help us see trees in ways we may not have noticed before.
Friends of Holcomb Farm
Friends of Holcomb Farm — May 2025
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Spring is in full bloom at Holcomb Farm, and that means so much is happening that it can be hard to keep up!
Great Outdoors
What’s that in the bush?
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Did you hear something rummaging in the undergrowth, but you couldn’t see who was making all the noise? It could be an Eastern towhee, like this one that Merle Yoder photographed on the Granby Land Trust’s Katan-Ensor Preserve.
The Garden Corner
The gardens are awakening
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May is here! Bringing with it the sounds of birds chirping, frogs croaking and the sweet smell of spring blossoms. This means it’s time to put on garden gloves, clean up the dormant planting beds, and prepare our soil for a new year of growth.
Great Outdoors
Bumble bees—the queens of the pollinators
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Most people know that bees are one of the most important pollinators of not just our pretty flowers, but also many of our important food crops. You are probably picturing a cute little honeybee perched on the edge of a blossom right now, and you would probably be surprised to learn that it’s not the little honeybee that is the best at pollination but rather the big ole bumble bee!
Great Outdoors
Of hummingbirds, hawk moths and ephemerals
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Years ago, I received a phone call from Melissa, my cousin in Philadelphia. It was early May and she wanted to know about a baby hummingbird hovering over a small patch of flowers. After 27 years of tending to my hillside garden in Vermont, I knew the “baby” was actually a hawk moth, also known as sphinx moth.
NOT WANTED
Mays, Shoulds and Musts
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May is the number one month for gardening, and that means decisions! What to add, what to subtract, what to divide—and how to cope with the relentless multiplication of invasive plants.
Granby Land Trust
Emery and Hart families make key gifts to Granby Land Trust
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In the past few months, two generous and forward-thinking Granby families together donated 73 acres to the land trust—land that is contiguous with property already protected.