With Thanksgiving gone by and Christmas around the corner, I began to think of turkeys and their place on the dinner table. In my Biology class at school, we had studied the wild turkey. Modern domesticated turkeys are very different from wild turkeys. Most domesticated turkeys have white feathers, but some are raised with bronze or brown feathers. I asked my teacher whether she had seen a wild turkey before. "Wild turkeys are common in the east- yes, I have seen one," she replied. What a sight that turkey must have been! I had never heard of wild turkeys in Washington before, and my interest was spurred. 

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Three years ago, my family and I planted in our back yard five fruit-bearing trees: cherry, peach, apple, sugar plum, plum, and asian pear. Three years have passed since, and we have been blessed with an abundant harvest of fruit! The trees mature within three years of their planting and bear ambrosial fruit once mature. Delicious!

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 How many times have you tossed a bottle into the recycling bin without another thought?

Before I heard about this from a classmate of mine and read an article in the Practical Environmentalist,

I had no idea that bottle caps weren't recyclable.

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Learn more about blueberries and their benefits! This summer, I had the unique opportunity to visit one of Snohomish County's (located in Washington, US) blue gems. As the cities and industrialization starts to eat away at our farmland and family run, reliable farms, these precious farms become harder to find.

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The absolute beauty of Bob Heirman Wildlife Park is breathtaking. I was expecting to find a round field of grass surrounded by a path and trees, but instead, I fell upon a truly wonderful exhibit of preservation.

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