nature surprises

I am constantly awed by the variety and beauty of the plants I find growing at the fringes of my property. A small stand of milkweed has found an ideal location to grow amongst my rhus aromatica. As a child I was aware of milkweed for its pods full of seed parachutes that float [...read more]

eureka! a positive identification

For the past few years I’ve watched every spring as clumps of small white flowers emerge from clumps of what looks like waxy variegated grass. I don’t know how they found their way onto my property but they seem to thrive in the semi-shade on the north side of my property under the trees [...read more]


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tomatoes - the heady days before late blight apache blackberries bush beans, two varieties a lovely butterfly specimen lounging on rosemary grapes bush beans are planted in a row in front of the blackberries lawn aerator chicks and a red leaf
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