American nature writers Archives

Henry Beston: The Naturalist’s Guide to Soulful Gardening

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 1, 1888 On this day, dear readers and fellow gardeners, we celebrate the birth of Henry Beston (books by this author), that most esteemed American writer and naturalist. As we delve into…

Geese, Peace, and the Farmstead: Rachel Peden’s Winter Meditation

by Rachel Peden Under the big Swamp Maple in the east lot, the gray geese and the white Pilgrim ganders gather silently. During winter nights, they sleep in the open face tool shed, and often in the night, they think of new expressions of scorn and at once utter them. (“We are the watchdogs, we…

Edwin Way Teale: The Insect Photographer Who Found Nature’s Poetry

The Thrill of Travel On this day in 1942, the Freeport Journal published a delightful story about the naturalist Edwin Way Teale. Here’s what it said, “To most of his neighbors Edwin Way Teale Is known as the man who can spend a solid day In a two-acre field without 1) being on a picnic,…