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The Meandering Naturalist

BY PAUL HETZLER ISA Certified Arborist After receiving my first pocket knife at age eight, I wasted no time in launching my career as a sculptor. How hard could it be, I thought, as I gathered …

Speak softly and carry a sharp quill

BY PAUL HETZLER One of our more unusual native residents has an adorable face, makes welcome mats out of their own poop, openly carries weapons, and plows snow all winter. If you snowshoe or ski …

Talking (and listening) to your house plants

BY PAUL HETZLER The idea that plants benefit from kind words, or from speech in general, has roots that go back at least to Charles Darwin, who supported the concept. Sound evidence that …

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