Earthen Echoes

05/25/2026

Our family has spent the last week in Florida for some much needed relaxation 😌. Thank you all so much for being gracious and friendly toward Kelsey Harrah as she ran the shop this week. She's had a blast meeting all of you and will likely be back for more in the future!

05/09/2026

If you have old or unused gear, we are accepting outdoor equipment of all kinds, levels, and conditions.

Donations accepted during business hours, for other inquiries please message or call to schedule a visit.

If you aren't sure if it's something we'll take, you can always send a picture over messenger or email.

05/06/2026

After a wonderful opening weekend, Earthen Echoes will keep Antique Annie's hours for the foreseeable future. We are open 7 days a week 10-6, 1-5 on Sundays

05/06/2026

Those small purple flowers tucked under the maple tree in spring. The heart-shaped leaves spreading where the lawn thins out. The patch your lawn service sprays and calls it handled.

That's a common blue violet. Native to North America. Here long before your lawn was. And the only plant certain butterfly caterpillars can eat.

Fritillary caterpillars — great spangled, variegated, and others — feed on violet leaves and nothing else. No violets in the yard, no fritillaries in the neighborhood. The spray that removed the w**d removed the nursery.

Violets thrive in partial shade and moist soil — exactly the conditions where turf grass thins and fails. The patches where they spread aren't places you lost grass. They're places grass was struggling. The violet filled a gap the lawn left open.

🌿 What to do with violets in the lawn:

- Leave them, especially under trees and along shaded edges — they're holding ground that grass can't keep
- The flowers and young leaves are edible — mild enough to toss raw into a spring salad
- They spread partly through underground flowers that never open — a hidden second bloom cycle that seeds quietly on its own
- Skip broadleaf herbicide where violets grow — removing them leaves bare soil that w**ds colonize faster than turf recovers
- If you want a tidier look, mow around the violet patches and let them stay as defined groundcover islands

The plant most lawns treat as a problem is the one holding the pollinator chain together in the shade 🌿

05/05/2026

05/05/2026

A fawn alone in the grass. A bird on the ground. These animals are almost never abandoned — their parents are nearby, watching. Human intervention often does more harm than good. If you find young wildlife, the best thing you can do is leave it alone.

05/05/2026

Develop your leadership skills this summer while spending time outdoors in our state parks! Gain valuable skills while making a difference for our state's youth and public lands with the Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps.

Youth crew leaders needed in:
• Harrisburg
• Ridgway
• Scranton
• Wellsboro
• Wilkes-Barre
• Williamsport

Learn more/apply: https://www.pa.gov/services/dcnr/apply-for-pennsylvania-outdoor-corp-jobs

PA Department of Labor & Industry
Student Conservation Association

05/04/2026

Many many thanks to my friends for coming to the opening and getting some amazing pictures of my new endeavor! I couldn't do any of it without support from people like them

05/04/2026

Small plantings of native plants in your own backyard can provide critical habitat for a wide variety of birds, pollinators, other beneficial insects — even reptiles and amphibians.

Learn more about the benefits of planting natives: https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dcnr/conservation/wild-plants/landscaping-with-native-plants

01/31/2026

Hey all! Valentines day 💝 is right around the corner and I know some of us are still searching for special somethings for our special someone.

I for one am as indecisive as ever during this holiday and if you're like me, it's nice to have the choice taken out of your hands.

Well here it is, your solution to your gifting struggles. Valentines mystery bags are available now at Earthen Echoes located inside Antique Annie's. Sure to please and each one hand curated with a carved stone heart guaranteed and a value of no less than $15.