Learn What You Can See in the November Night Sky
Ranger Geoff has all you need to know about the night sky in November in his latest video on the TLGV YouTube Channel. It’s a great month to watching our giant planets, Jupiter and Saturn. Mars is starting to show off too! And there is…
Halloween and Exploring Folktales and Haunting Traditions in The Last Green Valley
Tomorrow is Halloween, a favorite celebration for kids of all ages. Halloween is not just about candy and costumes. Its roots are in the festival of Samhain, a tradition of the Celts of ancient Britain and Ireland. Here is an interesting description of the origins…
Do Woolly Bears Predict Winter Weather?
By all accounts October has been a spectacular year for foliage. At this writing the trees appear to be in peak color, with most of our large sugar maples sporting bright yellow and orange coats with splashes of red. The red maples are shimmering scarlet,…
Invasive Plants – Information and Solutions from the Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group
Plants have long traveled the world with humans, purposefully transported and planted in regions they had never grown before. The early colonists brought plants, fruit trees, grasses and grains to the new world, just as corn (maize), squash and beans grown by the Indigenous peoples…
A Backyard “Pheasant” Surprise
A lonely, male ring-neck pheasant moved onto my property in early May. I say lonely in pure human speculation, but also because he is the only pheasant we have seen and his loud penetrating kok-cack call emanating from our back pasture seems to be asking…
October in The Last Green Valley
“On such a day as this everything is beautiful and pensive at once. There is a hint of sadness in the transient glory of these soon-departing colors. This is the culmination of the beauty of our northern year. Now in a relentless few days, in…
Join us 11/2 for a TLGV Birthday Bash!
Join The Last Green Valley on Wednesday 11/2 at 6pm to celebrate the 28th birthday of the National Heritage Corridor! We’ll enjoy each other’s company and have fun with games and activities too during the evening at the new location of Black Pond Brews in…
Walktober Cancellations & Changes!
Walktober Calendar Updates – Cancellations and Date Changes Please see these updates and check the calendar for updates. If you are unclear call the contact number for the Walktober you are interested. There are also many updates throughout Walktober. Check the online calendar often for…
Our Fall Season Migration Has Begun
I first heard them on Monday, September 12th, the unmistakable cacophony of Canada geese heading south, their honking calls urging them onward. I watched as the tightly gathered, V-shaped aerial squadron sliced through the sky and out of sight. I am not sure if this…