Apr 214 minMAKE WEEDS YOUR FRIEND THIS SUMMER WITH COMPOST TEALee Pierce of CalmUnity Farms shares how gardeners can make weeds work for them this growing season.
Apr 51 minSOUTHERN TIER LIFE GUEST CONTRIBUTORS: CRAZY FEATHER’S OUTDOOR ADVENTURESJoin Melanie Wood of Crazy Feather's Outdoor Adventures as she hikes NINE Ithaca, N.Y. waterfalls on a spooky winter's day.
Aug 31, 20221 minHiking Hot Spots in the Southern TierHiking enthusiast Melanie Wood shares three of her favorite Southern Tier trails to hike as she trains to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail.
Aug 31, 20224 minMelanie Wood: A Woman in Search of FreedomWith stunning photos and thoughtful prose, a local business owner chronicles her journey as she prepares to thru-hike the Adirondack Trail.
Aug 4, 20223 minUpstate Geechie: Fishing & FamiliaSky Moss shares how he's been spending his summer, and with whom.
Jul 22, 20223 minA Letter From a TreeJim Pfiffer loves trees. Even claims to speak to them. Here he shares a letter from a tree about climate change.
Jun 9, 20224 minSouthern Tier Voices with Jim PfifferOutdoor and nature enthusiast Jim Pfiffer remembers the Flood of 1972, and shares how we can protect the Chemung River AND our communities.
May 9, 20224 minSouthern Tier Life: OutdoorsLocal outdoor nonprofit shares community efforts to clean up the Chemung River and protect a Southern Tier environmental jewel.
Apr 30, 20222 minUpstate GeechieUpstate Geechie's Sky Moss kicks off May and Be Kind to Animals Week with a column about his best friend, Harley.
Feb 27, 20223 minUPSTATE GEECHIE: A nice, long, cold, sunny winter ...Sky Moss celebrates the joys of an upstate New York winter in the Southern Tier.
Feb 14, 20223 minOutdoors: Cross-country close callbeware! Cross-country skiing can get d-icy! I recently suffered a close-call while cross-country skiing at the Community Park in Big...
Jul 31, 20212 minWatkins Glen is GorgesI returned to Watkins Glen State Park after more than 40 years. What on God’s green and “gorge”-ous earth had kept me away for so long?