How do you like them apples?
Greetings from Minute Man National Historical Park, where the Branching Out Field Team has been working on both young and mature apple orchards. How many apple varieties can you name? […]
Category Archives: Orchard Management
Orchard Integrative Pest Management at Minute Man National Historical Park
We returned to Minute Man National Historical Park to finish the orchard that we had began back in the fall. We worked with Margie Coffin-Brown who is the resource manager […]
Minute Man National Park – Creating an Orchard!
Our second project was on October 28 2017 at Parker’s Revenge Landscape Rehabilitation (Minute Man Park). In the battle of April 19, 1775, British soldiers marched past the orchards heading […]
Orchard Project at Sagamore Hill
This past week I spent my days working with a group a really great people to restore some areas of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. I had a lot of […]
Travel Project to Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
During the week of July 24-28 the Branching Out field teams from Boston and New York City and program interns met at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site for a four-day […]
Virtual Tour: Eugene O’Neill NHS
Despite its size, EUON is an enchanting park that’s completely secluded from the rest of the world, giving off a zen vibe that captivated the O’Neill’s and convinced them to […]
Olive Tree Monitoring on Santa Cruz Island
While my regular duty station is John Muir National Historic Site, 360 miles away from Santa Cruz Island, my mentor Keith Park and I were called in to give another […]
Importance of JOMU
John Muir National Historic Site, like so many other parks is located in an urban area. For many people this is a place of peace, a place where they can […]
Fruits of John Muir
One of the really great things that I love about the west coast is the completely blase nature of fruit trees and how incredibly available they are. So of course, […]
Winter Hiking and Pruning
Over February break, we teamed up with the Branching Out Team from New York. We went on a three day hiking trip that started on Saturday when we played an […]
