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Bad Naturalist: One Woman's Ecological Education on a Wild Virginia Mountaintop
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Environmental StudiesGarden Writing
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ISBN10: 1643262173
ISBN13: 9781643262178
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Published: Jan 7 2025
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.95
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781643262178
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Published: Jan 7 2025
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.95
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
With humor, humility, and awe, one woman attempts to restore 200 acres of farmland long gone-to-seed in the Blue Ridge Mountains, facing her own limitations while getting to know a breathtaking corner of the natural world. When Paula Whyman first climbs a peak in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in search of a home in the country, she has no idea how quickly her tidy backyard ecology project will become a massive endeavor. Just as quickly, she discovers how little she knows about hands-on conservation work. In Bad Naturalist, readers meander with her through orchards and meadows, forests and frog ponds, as she is beset by an influx of invasive species, rattlesnake encounters, conflicting advice from experts, and delayed plans--but none of it dampens her irrepressible passion for protecting this place. With delightful, lyrically deft storytelling, she shares her attempts to coax this beautiful piece of land back into shape. It turns out that amid the seeming chaos of nature, the mountaintop is teeming with life and hope.
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