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The Serviceberry – Robin Wall Kimmerer
When we moved into our house thirty-three years ago there was a large Serviceberry just off the front stairs. Vase shaped, spring flowering, berries for the birds in June, and beautiful fall color – it was the right plant, but it was in the wrong place. Having innumerable stems, it was more of a shrub…
Brushy Fork Nature Preserve – Independence, KY
It is always exciting to hear about a new greenspace opening to the public close to home and that was the case when a fellow nature blogger mentioned the 104 acre Brushy Fork Nature Preserve to me. It is managed by the Kenton Conservancy, whose mission is to preserve greenspace in Kenton County, Kentucky, with…
Catfish Hole Trails – Silver Grove, Kentucky
Silver Grove is a small river town on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River, with a population of 1,154. Founded in 1917, Silver Grove was a company town for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and the site of its massive Stevens Railroad Yard, which largely staged the delivery of coal from the mines of…