October Town Forest Walk

This week we had our first Town Forest walk of the year.  We started by looking at a large overhead image of the Town Forest - our own "Hundred Acre Wood" of conservation land set aside by the Hunnewells. On our walk, we looked at deciduous and evergreen trees. Deciduous trees have broad leaves that drop in the autumn.  We noticed many white pine trees in the forest which you can identify by counting the number of needles in a cluster. White pines have clusters of 5 needles (the number of letters in w-h-i-t-e). Red pines have clusters of 3 needles (r-e-d). We also checked the ages of many new growth pines in the field clearing by counting each level where new limbs branch off the main trunk in a circle.

We even found a magic door in one of the trees hiding a wizard and some gold inside! It was a great first walk on a beautiful day and kids are looking forward to our next walk in November.