About five years ago, her nest newly empty and her schedule freer than it’d been in decades, Paula Whyman began reading books about backyard conservation, starring people who turned their lawns into ...

I n August 2020, Paula Whyman–a writer who lives in Bethesda—stood on a mountaintop in the Blue Ridge foothills, just east of Shenandoah National Park.Her kids had gone to college, she’d ...

Years ago, author Paula Whyman left her DC-area home in search of a rural spot, hoping to get back to nature. What she found ...

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