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Making Apple Butter the Old-fashioned Way

Apple Butter

Maps Tell Stories of the Past

People have been making maps of the Mount Vernon area for four centuries and maps convey more than pictures,” Kevin Green began as he...

Minimalist Holiday Décor, a la Frank Lloyd Wright

The Pope-Leighey House

Holiday decor

New Law Could Help Save Turtles

Wild turtles need protection; enjoy them by seeing them, but leave them be.

From scratchy ancient petroglyphs to the children’s book heroine, Myrtle the turtle, to fictional superheroes Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, turtles have long fascinated people.

The Value of Dead Wood

Tree snags are “a gourmet restaurant,” that is, from a bird’s perspective, Larry Cartwright told a group of Northern Virginia Audubon at Home ambassadors on Feb. 20 in a Zoom meeting.

Fairfax County’s Streams Are in Trouble

82 percent of Fairfax County’s streams were in very poor, poor or fair condition biologically in 2020.

Five volunteers spent Friday morning jabbing a long-handled mesh net into a stream bottom, scraping the streambanks, scooping up submerged woody debris and rubbing smooth round rocks in the stream’s riffles.

A Symbol of the Drive to Get an Education

Laurel Grove School Museum

Laurel Grove

Keeping It All Connected

Plein Is Recharging the AHS

Volunteers Take on English Ivy

Ivy invades trees

State Legislators Advance Bills to Deter Invasive Plants

Invasive Plants

Plants, Mushrooms, Art and Alpacas in Mount Vernon

The American Horticultural Society’s Spring Garden Market.

Garden Market

Locals Revisit the Civil War at Fort Willard

By 1865, Fort Willard was southernmost of 68 forts and 93 batteries armed with over 800 cannons protecting Washington.

In 1862 and 1863, at the apex of today’s Belle Haven community, Union soldiers at Fort Willard were on the lookout for enemies coming up the Potomac River or approaching along Accotink Turnpike.

Saving the Parkway’s Trees

National Park Service forests are at risk of failure in the national capital region and beyond.

English ivy is one of the most invasive and destructive plants in the region.

It All Started at Fort Hunt

The U.S. Army Band centennial was Jan. 25, 2022.

Army Band

Our Very Necessary Insects in Mount Vernon

Advice: cut lawns in half, plant native plants and trees, remove invasive plants, minimize use of pesticides, reduce light pollution.

Insects

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Making Apple Butter the Old-fashioned Way

Maps Tell Stories of the Past

Keeping It All Connected

Plein Is Recharging the American Horticultural Society

Minimalist Holiday Décor, a la Frank Lloyd Wright

The Pope-Leighey House

New Law Could Help Save Turtles

Wild turtles need protection; enjoy them by seeing them, but leave them be.

The Value of Dead Wood

Fairfax County’s Streams Are in Trouble

82 percent of Fairfax County’s streams were in very poor, poor or fair condition biologically in 2020.

A Symbol of the Drive to Get an Education

Laurel Grove School Museum

Keeping It All Connected

Plein Is Recharging the AHS

Spies, Sputnik and Other Secrets in Huntley Meadows Park

Learning to Love Amphibians and Reptiles

Dyke Marsh Volunteers Tackle Invasive Plants and Plant Natives

Our Winter Visitors – Waterfowl in Mount Vernon

‘Free the Trees’ in Mount Vernon

Volunteers Take on English Ivy

State Legislators Advance Bills to Deter Invasive Plants

Plants, Mushrooms, Art and Alpacas in Mount Vernon

The American Horticultural Society’s Spring Garden Market.

Locals Revisit the Civil War at Fort Willard

By 1865, Fort Willard was southernmost of 68 forts and 93 batteries armed with over 800 cannons protecting Washington.

Saving the Parkway’s Trees

National Park Service forests are at risk of failure in the national capital region and beyond.

It All Started at Fort Hunt

The U.S. Army Band centennial was Jan. 25, 2022.

Our Very Necessary Insects in Mount Vernon

Advice: cut lawns in half, plant native plants and trees, remove invasive plants, minimize use of pesticides, reduce light pollution.

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