The Mountains' Humane Society was formed in 1975 by a group of mountain residents who shared a concern for the welfare of local cats and dogs. We are a non-profit 501 c3 volunteer organization that aids domestic animals on our mountain range from Cedar Pines Park to Forest Falls. We offer...
During the pandemic, Richard died too, of cancer. But the green-and-gold he introduced me to lives on. The ragwort has gone forth and multiplied thousands of times over and probably populated half the gardens in Howard County, Maryland, as I pass their babies on to friends, who pass thei...
“You’ll be mad at me for giving this to you!” my friend Toni Genberg said as we planted wild basil she’d brought to my garden. As longtime volunteer forEarth Sanghain Virginia and the creator of theChoose Nativeswebsite, Toni has given me many species from the local-ecotype nursery...
A Happy Ending:After more than two weeks of care, our little owl was ready to return home and making quite a racket inside her carrier. Opening the flap with volunteer and apprentice rehabber Sherrie Musick, I was amazed to see her huge eyes; her whole aspect had changed since the last ...
my new garden 17 years ago – all over our property. It has never let me (or the hummingbirds) down, filling in large spaces with its spectacular firecracker blooms just in time for the Fourth of July. Other plants don’t even try to get near its dense clumps. (Photo by Nancy ...