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Natural Gardening: A welcome bit of rain and tree frogs

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Observations on nature and gardening. Monday, August 10, 2015. A welcome bit of rain and tree frogs. Thunderstorms passed through this afternoon and evening, bringing some welcome moisture. It's been continually dry for weeks now, warm (and hot) sunny days in succession. Fortunately, my perennials are pretty tough, but still, the Joe-Pye and Phlox need water after a week and half of heat and no rain. Not to mention the veggies! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Native Plants for Pollinators (2016).

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Natural Gardening: Vernonia and Tiger Swallowtail

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Observations on nature and gardening. Thursday, August 6, 2015. Vernonia and Tiger Swallowtail. I haven't seen too many butterflies yet this summer, aside from skippers and cabbage whites. Happily, we saw a newly emerged Monarch nectaring on a Cosmos in a pocket planting nearby yesterday. This evening, there were two Tiger Swallowtails visiting the Vernonia. Looking robust, to the left of the Ozark witch hazel. Tiger swallowtail on Vernonia. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Woody in stream at Biltmore.

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Natural Gardening: Woody after a long walk

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Observations on nature and gardening. Sunday, August 2, 2015. Woody after a long walk. Woody isn't as helpful as his predecessors, Chessie and Mocha, in the garden, as he has an affinity for cat poop (unfortunately abundant in our urban neighborhood). This is NOT a good thing, as he's prone to (expensive) digestive upsets, so he's now banished from wandering around not on a leash. (Even in our large yard in our former house in the Piedmont, he was not to be trusted.). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Natural Gardening: Ready for fall vegetables

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Observations on nature and gardening. Sunday, August 9, 2015. Ready for fall vegetables. One drawback of planting late is that my tomatoes, squash, and beans are still going strong. It continues to amaze me how disease and pest-free that they've been this summer. No bean beetles, squash bugs, cucumber beetles, etc. Late summer beans and squash. There's just now a bit of powdery mildew developing on a few squash leaves, but nothing disfiguring so far. Hooray! Ready to plant fall vegetables. Woody, our res...

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Natural Gardening: Sunset views in the mountains

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Observations on nature and gardening. Monday, August 3, 2015. Sunset views in the mountains. View towards the Blue Ridge Mountains. Labels: Blue Ridge Mountains. Please share your thoughts. I enjoy hearing from fellow nature observers, as well as whomever else drops by. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Click the image to view a pdf of the presentation. Woody in stream at Biltmore. I'm an educator, writer, speaker, and. Naturalist, active in outreach around a variety of topics. 2 to work as a gardener.

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Natural Gardening: A lovely cyclamen

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Observations on nature and gardening. Friday, August 7, 2015. We figured this would be one of the 1-month "florist" cyclamens - bought in full flower at the hardware store right around Valentine's Day. Amazingly, it's flourished, and continues to produce new flowers and leaves, both reflecting the nice light in the kitchen, as well as careful care (my gardening companion loves houseplants). Backlit this morning, the young leaves and flower buds were striking. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Click on ...

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Natural Gardening: May 2015

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Observations on nature and gardening. Sunday, May 31, 2015. I didn't expect to have sugar snap peas coming in at the end of May, delaying the planting of beans, but the cool mild spring has kept them growing. With a forecast of mild days and afternoon thundershowers ahead, I went ahead and sowed climbing squash seeds on the front trellises, with some trepidation. Cultivar called Tinda and another C. moschata cultivar from Mexico called 'Tatume'- hopefully both will resist the squash vine borers! This is ...

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Natural Gardening: January 2015

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Observations on nature and gardening. Thursday, January 29, 2015. Even though it's just at the end of January, there are signs of spring to come. Buds swelling, bluebirds and robins flocking, songs beginning. I saw a group of 8 Great Blue Herons last week on my morning walk along the dikes above Lake Hartwell. Most unusual, as normally I'd just see one, or two. On this day, too, there were bluebirds foraging in groups, most unusually. Maybe picking up a few dead insects in the grass? I've so enjoyed it.

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Natural Gardening: December 2014

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Observations on nature and gardening. Tuesday, December 30, 2014. Lots more photos and reflections to come. Our travels took us through vast landscapes of amazing diversity - it's going to take time to sort through all of the photos -and properly write about the experiences. Links to this post. Bariloche, Argentina Lake District, Patagonia. View from Cerro Campanario. Links to this post. Thursday, December 11, 2014. The smiles on our faces reflected the great time we had last year in Portland. As I'm off...

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Natural Gardening: August 2015

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Observations on nature and gardening. Monday, August 31, 2015. A transitional vegetable garden. The darn green beans keep producing, but it's heartening to see seedlings of spinach, arugula, mustard- spinach, lettuce, and creasy-greens come along nicely. Transplanted leeks, lettuce, and rapini are looking good, too. And I'm hopeful for quite a few more tomatillos and ancho peppers in the next month or so, as well as the thick-walled pizza peppers coming along in pots. Links to this post. I don't give a h...