Steve Pollick: Witch hazel can teach us a true nature lesson

Once while sitting on bow stand in the autumn deer woods, in absolutely still conditions when every sound is sharp and magnified, I could hear what seemed to be a “pop” and then a small “plop.”
Intrigued, I temporarily abandoned my deer quest to investigate. I moved very slowly, lest the sound of my own movements mute the soft pops and plops. I came upon the source – a blooming yellow witch-hazel bush, “spitting” its seeds.

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