We always keep close tabs on the clarity levels of the ponds but especially in summer when algae increases and algae blooms can happen in a flash. We have been noticing that, even with our best, most thorough backwashing efforts, [...]
One of the most thrilling garden moments for us is when a new person is just barely getting ready to bloom. What a notion of the continuity of life and new promise. [...]
Come walk with me. Come on, let's be in the hammock.
July 2 was a day for the record books to be sure. Ever since we brought Olive Isabella Shaunnesey and her entourage home at the forepart of the year, we have intended to upgrade her digs to insulated hives. We [...]
We couldn’t resist showing off some of our tiniest garden graces. An entire bouquet all at once with four resplendent blossoms on our amazing cactus and two more [...]
Just a day or so more before they beauties pop – keep watching…
Guess who came to dinner? In the couple of years since we installed the stealth cam up by the bees and the feeding station, we have enjoyed and shared images of a variety of visitors, but this is [...]
Welcome Back our Friend These high temps have really diminished the activity at our feeders where on many days we have no visitors between three and nearly 10 p.m. The bees are focusing on all the natural goodies and [...]
I run past my neighbor Kate’s on School Street nearly every day where she has the most regal, sculpted, and ancient catalpa tree. Four to five years ago, we got a youngster who endured a really rough start [...]
