Posted by ppeery on October 30th, 2010 in Bundoran Farm Events and Occasions, Education and Inspiration, General, Nature/Environment
Lief Riddervold, Bundoran Farm’s Natural Resources Manager, led the Albemarle Garden Club on a horticulture event of a different sort on October 21st. On a trail up Israel Mountain the fall colors were spectacular in the late morning sunlight. Spicebush, hickory, birch and others were bright yellow with black gum and maple providing bright red. [...]
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Posted by ppeery on October 28th, 2010 in Architecture and Design, Education and Inspiration, General, Project Updates
The academic world has taken notice of Bundoran Farm and several of the individuals behind the design and management of this 2,300 acre Preservation Development project. In August, the project has been prominently featured in a book Conservation Communities written by Urban Land Institute Fellow, Ed McMahon. The book is a scholarly investigation of the [...]
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Posted by ppeery on October 25th, 2010 in Education and Inspiration, General, Nature/Environment
Below is a some information sent to me by Dorothy Tompkins, Bundoran Farm Steward and Master Naturalist, about Witch-Hazel which can be seen around Bundoran Farm. Hamamelis Virginia or common Witch-hazel usually blooms in November after the leaves have fallen from this shrub or small tree but this year numerous trees have been seen in [...]
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Posted by Leif Riddervold on August 18th, 2010 in Education and Inspiration, General, Nature/Environment
To test your knowledge of Bundoran Farm, we came up with this short quiz. Pick the statement about Bundoran Farm that is Not True! 1: Lake Inferior is a good fishing hole. 2: Cacti grow wild in the forests of Bundoran Farm. 3: Snakehead fish have been caught in Lake Scogo. 4: A Lockheed C-130 [...]
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Posted by ppeery on August 18th, 2010 in Architecture and Design, Education and Inspiration, General, Green Building, Project Updates
One of the underlying goals of Bundoran Farm is to preserve the character and use of this legacy Charlottesville property. Extraordinary measures were taken in locating homesites and roads so they worked with and blended into the landscape. In addition having the roads “lay lightly” on the land within the boundaries of Bundoran Farm, we [...]
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Posted by ppeery on August 13th, 2010 in Education and Inspiration, Nature/Environment
The Yellow-Billed Cuckoo – Coccyzus americanus More than one resident of Bundoran Farm has noted the Yellow-Billed Cuckoo recently. They have been calling their hollow wooden calls ka-ka-ka-ka-kow-kow-kow-kow-kowlp-kowlp-kowlp from many sites in the forests or the forest edge. This secretive bird has an unusual breeding pattern, with breeding correlated with an abundant food supply and [...]
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Posted by ppeery on August 11th, 2010 in Agriculture, Education and Inspiration, General
As a kid growing up, I spent my most memorable summers on my Grandparent’s farm just outside of Burlington, IA. In addition to weeding the bean fields with my Grandpa or driving the old Ford tractor around the farm by myself, one on the highlights was gathering a couple of eggs from my Grandma’s hen [...]
Posted by ppeery on July 7th, 2010 in Baldwin Center for Preservation, Education and Inspiration, General, Nature/Environment
Leif Riddervold, Bundoran Farm’s natural resources manager, is a man of the land and water. When he is not tending to the 2,000 plus acres of pasture, orchards and forest within Bundoran Farm’ preserved and protected farmbelt & greenbelt, he is often involved in other pursuits that foster a greater appreciation of our natural resources [...]
Posted by ppeery on June 11th, 2010 in Education and Inspiration, General, Nature/Environment
A Summer Tanager is singing from trees (mostly white oak) around our house on Hightop Drive at Bundoran Farm . The song is richer and sweeter than the more common Scarlet Tanager. I heard and saw one off of Hightop Drive last year, so Bundoran Farm is fortunate to be a site they like. The [...]
Posted by Leif Riddervold on June 11th, 2010 in Baldwin Center for Preservation, Education and Inspiration, Nature/Environment
This past Wednesday evening , June 9, 2010, we were pleased to host a workshop at the Baldwin Center for Preservation Development for landowners interested in learning about forest management and conservation of their own forest groves. This is critically important, as 66% of Virginia’s 15.72 million acres of timberland is in private hands. The [...]
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