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Written for Stream of Consciousness Saturday. Normally, my year starts with the seed and plant catalogs. They begin arriving in December, but I firmly put them aside without glancing at the contents until a week or so after the New Year. Why? Winter, that's why. A lengthy, slow peruse of brightly lit pages full of …
It's not what I'm reading, but what's on the list for January that really interests me.
Most leaves are down, and we are busy raking and getting ready to mulch. We remove all the leaves from the paths but leave the plant beds covered to provide insulation for the woodland plants and to offer cover to the salamanders, lightning bugs, and other critters that need shelter. Then I looked up and …
I was still very much a New York City boy learning about Coastal New England. So, on a hike in the woods early in the fall, I asked my girlfriend about the pretty purplish flowers. She smiled and told me they were "frost flowers" because they opened as white flowers and gradually deepened in color …
I've filed a few reports on my pumpkins that refused to grow on the ground this summer. They were the aerial pumpkin squadron—five of them. They all have landed now as the vines died back. The one above is the largest and the last to land. They'll be on display on the porch, but no …
This fast photo is one of the few I've shot this summer of my " bog in a barrel." This barrel once served as a staging ground for wetland plants and supplies for my pond while I was developing it. Eventually, the pond was on its own, and I abandoned it. But it did its …
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No blood-sucking insects in this pond this year! Frog and toad and their multitude of friends can barely wait to snap them up. https://videopress.com/v/ltSScVcw?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Die !! Blood-sucking scum! Die!
Around this time of year I start making berry bowls to bring in for the winter. It's an old New England tradition I picked up many years ago in Maine. Originally berry bowls were moss, and small woodland plants with colorful berries. Made in small brandy snifters, they were a pleasant reminder in fall and …
It's ripening, it's bigger, and it's so heavy that it's pulling the vine towards the ground. It may not be the "Great Pumpkin," but it is an interesting garden object. There are now three other aerial pumpkins, and the watermelon has decided to join the fray and is also producing aerial fruit. More later!
The hummingbirds visit at least once a day. Finally, I recorded this short video of one investigating me. He seemed to be saying, "Hi! Hello! Whatcha doin'?"
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