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The article reports on the preservation of Hubbard's Grain Field, a portion of farmland in Concord, Massachusetts. The physiography of the site and its relationship to the work of writer Henry David Thoreau are presented. The article suggests that preservation of the site is important to Concord's agricultural and literary heritage.

The article provides a reproduction of a letter from the community organization Friends of Thoreau Country to the Town of Concord, Massachusetts. The letter asks that the town reconsider razing a tract of Walden Woods in order to build soccer fields for Concord-Carlisle Regional High School. The tract of forest in question was written about by author and naturalist Henry David Thoreau in his journals and referred to as "Deep Cuts Woods" by him.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of being at the top of the hill at Lincoln, Massachusetts feeling the fragrance of summer scents and the aroma of various wild herbage on the open hillside.

A personal narrative is presented which describes the author's memories about the automal woods at Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts way back in October 31, 1981.

The article presents pages from a Thoreau country journal, dated May 25, 2008. The author relates foraying to Willow Guzzle and across the Conantum Wood through the old Conant's Spring Swamp Path, now named Willow Guzzle Trail in the Trail Guide, published by the Concord Land Conservation Trust (CLCT). The path was often used by the late author, poet and philosopher Henry David Thoreau in his treks to the Conantum tract in Concord, Massachusetts, heading into the upland wood.

The author relates his experiences during an Estabrook trek in Concord, Massachusetts in 2006. He notes that he started his trek from Bellows Hill Road in Carlisle, passed Marigold Brook as well as reached the site of the Yellow Birch Cellar Hole of author Henry David Thoreau. He recalls that Thoreau documented the size of some yellow birches growing in the vicinity of the cellar hole in 1857. He adds that he saw the Nodding Trillium Spring in the Trillium Fen.

The author reflects on his participation in the 2008 Cedar Swamp Winter Stomp event at Cedar Swamp Pond in Westborough, Massachusetts. He recalls that his group was led by Lydia Rogers who educated them about animal tracks. He cites several plants growing in field near the swamp which include oak trees, white pines and common witch-hazel. He adds that they stomped their way over the frozen swamp water while the edge of the pond shows beds of leatherleaf.