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Trident maple: Well-traveled tree has a place in the mountains 2 Aug 2013 | 08:12 pm
By Bob Gilbert For The Franklin Press When we walk into Sycamore Hall at the Environmental Research Center from the parking area we are greeted on the right by a beautiful small to medium size tree ...
Staff Pick for August 2013 2 Aug 2013 | 08:09 pm
By Shon Cameron With the heat of August looming, here are a few midday hiding places from the sun at SGG. One wonderful such place is the garden located behind the Hiram Butler house. It has a perfe...
A Mediterranean Diet 2 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm
By Carrie Ziglar There are so many diets available today. It has almost become what lifestyle do you choose to live??? Are you on Weight Watchers or Adkins? Do you observe a Paleo diet, are you Veg...
Birds of SGG – Mulberry Tree 2 Aug 2013 | 07:57 pm
Red-eyed Vireo Eating Mulberries It didn’t take long to find the most interesting bird spot in the gardens on my last scouting expedition. I parked in the back parking lot by the vegetable garden. I ...
Hummingbird Banding 2 Aug 2013 | 07:31 pm
We hope that a lot of birds will visit our feeders on Aug. 24th from 8 am to 11 am for our third annual Hummingbird Banding. Karen and Julia from Bird Watcher Supply trap and band the birds. When the...
Endangered: Native Goldenseal 5 Jul 2013 | 07:27 pm
Native Goldseal On a recent Southern Appalachian Plant Society (SAPS), field trip to the Balsam Preserve we were able to find a specimen of Goldenseal. This was a new plant for most of us knowing it ...
Birds of SGG – House Finch 5 Jul 2013 | 07:20 pm
Male House Finch The SGG feeders along with the large bird bath/ sculpture near them were quite active in the morning of June 19. I spotted Cardinals, Blue Jays, Tufted Titmice, Carolina Chickadees, ...
Summer Recipes 5 Jul 2013 | 07:12 pm
During the summer months I am passionate about eating light meals that focus on as many fresh locally grown ingredients as possible. I also believe the best shrimp we can eat are Georgia Browns. Whe...
Staff Pick – Bottlebrush Buckeye 5 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
Bottlebrush Buckeye By Susan Schroeder, Director of Operations As a child one of my favorite things to do (along with catching tadpoles) was to collect the seeds from our native buckeye trees growin...
Hummingbird Banding 5 Jul 2013 | 06:50 pm
The other day our Bonsai Master, Rodney Clemons, and Birdwatcher Supply employee Julia Eliot were on the back porch enjoying a piece of cake. We were finishing lunch and Julia had stopped by to discus...
