By the end of winter, Stacey and I -and many others in western Pennsylvania- are anxious for that first sunny day to go into the woods and look for spring, sensationally announced by wildflowers, and flowering trees.

Two-stem tulip trees are fairly common in Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests where tulip trees are dominant. Three-stem tulip trees are less common. But the rare four-stem tulip tree is a sight to behold.

Kevin’s latest book, Near Woods: A Year in an Allegheny Forest, is available from the publisher, Rowman & Littlefield (Stackpole Books), on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and numerous independent online book sellers.

– EPISODE 2 – Saints Peter & Paul Orthodox Cemetery in the Ghost Town of Wehrum, Pennsylvania. “Once cooler temperatures arrive and the fall leaves are shed, Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, on the hillside above the ghost town of Wehrum, can be magically beautiful;…

Inspired by our friend, Bobbie Jo’s childhood memories of the High Rocks of Clymer, PA, we set out to rediscover where they are. Clymer High Rocks is a Pottsville sandstone rock city not uncommon to western Pennsylvania. If you have been to Bilger’s Rocks or Panther…