08.14.2024 Around the Island New Trees planted on Shelter Island Last month, Shelter Island Friends of Trees (FoT) planted 11 new roadside trees. Two Kousa dogwoods, in honor of Chris Lewis and Arbor Day Chair Carol Russell, were planted...
06.09.2023 Around the Island Shelter Island Greener Gardens: Raising Butterflies Last week, while having lunch outdoors, I spotted a spring azure, a small butterfly with lovely violet wings. Its welcome appearance marks the start of a long season of...
04.19.2023 Around the Island Greener Gardens: Create a home for bees and birds I first got the plant bug when I was in college. In an out-of-nowhere impulse, I bought a pack of seeds, planted and watered them and … nothing happened....
01.27.2023 Around the Island Fighting destructive tree disease First discovered in Ohio in 2012, Beech Leaf Disease (BLD) has since spread to numerous northeastern states. BLD appeared in Suffolk County in 2019, and it now affects American...
10.05.2022 Around the Island The Spotted Lanternfly: Beautiful, but a dangerous pest The spotted lanternfly insect is a looker. When the inch-long adult spreads its wings, it displays a striking combination of scarlet, black, white, and gray overlaid with decorative spots...
