While out for a dog walk in the snowy woods last weekend, my friends and I (not the dogs) stopped to admire some rock tripe, a large leathery lichen that crowned a granite ledge. As much as I love ...

February is our driest month of the year. Sometimes with the cold and snow, we tend to forget this fact of this late winter month. Anything that survives these chilly days needs to be able to cope ...

While out for a dog walk in the snowy woods last weekend, my friends and I (not the dogs) stopped to admire some rock tripe, a large leathery lichen that crowned a granite ledge. As much as I love ...

Lichens have practical purposes for man. The gaudy purple and red of Arctic species have been brewed into beer and used in vodka and molasses production. The lichen dubbed Rock Tripe, when cooked in a ...

This is a chance to find out what rock polyploidy and rock tripe is. Enjoy warm cocoa at the walk’s end. Cost is $5 for members of the Friends of Holly Hill Farm ($15 maximum per family), $8 for ...

The weather will dictate the exact route of the New Year’s Day walk through the woods at Holly Hill Farm, but naturalist Steve Ivas said it’s likely that hikers will pass a crop of rock tripe.