Dennis Chastain, Author at GREENVILLE JOURNAL

Be thankful for open spaces and special places: Field Notes with Dennis Chastain

During this season of giving thanks, let’s take a moment to be thankful for organizations such as Naturaland Trust and Upstate Forever and the work they do, says Dennis Chastain.

Enhance your outdoor experience by focusing on small things: Field Notes with Dennis Chastain

The next time you are in the woods, a park or even in your own backyard, use your five senses to focus on the small things going on around you.

Amazing okra, a mainstay of Southern kitchens for centuries: Field Notes with Dennis Chastain

Okra remains one of the most versatile, most nutritionally superior, and most delicious products of the kitchen gardens in the South.

Bat-scat crazy wildlife myths people used to believe: Field Notes with Dennis Chastain

More than a few persistent myths about wildlife and nature have no basis in fact at all. Some are more incredible than others.

Parris's Ford on Saluda river aerial photo

How 1700s wagon roads made Greenville a center of commerce: Field Notes with Dennis Chastain

In Greenville, a number of Indian trading paths that had been in place for centuries were also improved to wagon standards.

Katydids, cicadas dominate the sounds of summer: Field Notes with Dennis Chastain

If you spend time outside during the summer, you have likely heard either a low rhythmic buzzing or a pulsating high-pitched whirring sound coming from the tree tops.

Field-tested hack for chigger bites: Field Notes with Dennis Chastain

Of course, the best strategy is to avoid being bitten by chiggers in the first place.

Never smash a yellow jacket: Field Notes with Dennis Chastain

The main thing is to not freak out if a yellow jacket approaches or lands on you.

Bigger, bolder, backyard bears and how to deal with them: Field Notes

In S.C., black bears are getting bigger and bolder

Field Notes: The lazy, hazy days of summer revisited

Some love it, some hate it, but I always think back to the summers of my childhood when trying to deal with the insufferable heat.

Field Notes: Take a kid fishing

Isn’t that what life is all about: making memories that last?

Field Notes: Look for Revolutionary War events coming to a venue near you

The 250th anniversary of that monumental moment in history is coming up.

Field Notes: Strawberry fields forever

Dennis Chastain's trip turned out to be a lesson in how everything in nature and human history is connected.

Field Notes: It’s time to plant something good to eat

Working in a garden is its own reward.

Field Notes: Tense times in the Bear Cave

Tommy finally got down there in time to snap off a photo of one of the cubs, and the rock shelter has ever since been known as the “Bear Cave.”

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