Blog: On Patrol

Just a bunch of cowboy stories.

April 10, 2020 Comments off.

Wasps begin scouting for new homes in early spring. They like sheltered places with easy access to food, like under a ...

March 27, 2020 Comments off.

The intermediate area between forest and yard, called an edge habitat, is typically infected with invasive vines and shrubs. This type ...

September 13, 2018 Comments off.

There are many things that were destroyed or changed greatly once Europeans arrived on the American continent. Healthy forests are on ...

May 17, 2018 Comments off.

We recently had the opportunity to remove poison ivy and perform woodland restoration at Glenwood Lake Park in the City of ...

September 22, 2017 Comments off.

Persicaria perfoliata, or more commonly known by its catchier name, “Mile-a-Minute”, is an aggressively invasive annual vine that has recently ...

April 14, 2017 Comments off.

The average American spends 70 hours a year on lawn and garden care. It’s a labor of love: 75% of homeowners ...

May 19, 2016 Comments off.

For 10,000 years, plants insects and animals here in the Hudson Valley region evolved together. They had an intricate interdependence. A ...

March 1, 2016 Comments off.

In our last post, I mentioned that we pulled out over 7 tons of Poison Ivy in the 2015 season. That’s ...

February 15, 2016 1 Comment

We haven’t had much of a winter till recently with this cold snap. Snow? Our driveway wasn’t plowed once all winter, ...

December 22, 2015 No Comments

There is still time to protect your ornamental garden plants and flowers from the cold winter and prepare them for the ...

December 2, 2015 No Comments

We thought we’d go exploring the upper Rondout Creek and found the Sandburg Creek, where it unites with the Rondout out ...

November 4, 2015 Comments off.

Autumn is the perfect time to save your trees from winter’s snow and ice, which can weigh down the branches and ...