Blog Posts

  • 1 March 2025: Presentation by Richard Evans and Chris Sharpe.

    Farming, Ecology and Landscape Recovery in the Brecklands of Eastern England. This talk by visitors to the Farmer-Ecologist Research Circle was hosted by Bard College and supported by the Hudson Valley Farm Hub and Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program. It took place on 1 March. Click here to view a recording of the presentation. Richard…

  • 6 Sept. 2024: Butterflies & Some Other Insects of The Hudson Valley Seed Company.

    by Conrad. The new facilities of the Hudson Valley Seed Company are located on Airport Road in Kerhonkson, Ulster County, NY. This business mixes seed production (including of native wild flowers) and artwork in order to encourage and facilitate gardeners. The semi-open area through the woods about 600′ due south of the #1 is the…

  • Plants of Treadlight Farm

    by Claudia I visited Treadlight Farm in Kerhonkson on 4th Sept. 2024 to survey the wild-growing plants inside the fenced area outlined in yellow on the aerial photo below. The sky blue line indicates the approximate route of my four-hour walk-around. Numbers refer to locations mentioned below. As Conrad has already described in the last…

  • Insects of Treadlight Farm.

    5 Aug. 2024 by Conrad. Treadlight Farm is an organic flower producer with a partial focus on raising native wildflowers for seed and retail. Its beds are located on leased land in the floodplain of the Roundout Creek. When I visited on 5 August, some beds were winding down. Most of the land is occupied…

  • Plants at Churchtown Dairy

    by Claudia This blog shares some of the botanical observations from Churchtown Dairy on 19 July 2024. Will had visited the farm separately and written about the “Birds of the prairie” at this farm in his blog posted on 13 October 2024. The following map shows the approximate route walked for the botany survey. The…