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Author Archives: Maraleen
Summer Solstice: The Heat is On
The challenges and joys of gardening never cease. Now that the temperature is nearing ninety and the humidity up there as well, I feel like I’m walking through molasses physically and mentally. That said, it has brought to a snail’s … Continue reading
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June 2019: Roses, songbirds, dragonflies and a fluttering of a few butterflies
June 3rd the first Rosa ragosa opened. I’m grateful to be able to grow these most fragrant roses so that I can continue making rose petal jam, a tradition I started while living in Provincetown, the tip of Cape Cod, … Continue reading
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May 8, 2019 Garden Haiku
A robin in the grass, a hummingbird on a branch. The sun setting. Calm.
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April 30, 2019 Hummingbirds Have Returned
Usually the hummingbirds return from Central and South America to the very same place they left the year before. Every year, the first male hummingbirds scouts arrive at our home between May 2nd and May 9th. This year, they are … Continue reading
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March 29, 2019
Today the CBS This Morning Show featured monarchs and their amazing migration. The encouraging news is that this was a banner year for the monarchs east of the Rockies. The over wintering population covered fifteen acres rather the six last … Continue reading
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Signs of Spring March 18, 2019
There was a gift under the maple tree on St. Paddy’s day: winter aconites and snowdrops made their first appearance: A female Downy woodpecker has been a frequent visitor to the bird feeder outside my office window. The male comes … Continue reading
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Sign of Spring Starting Seeds
March 13, 2019: Birds were chattering loudly early in the morning even though the thermometer read 20 degrees F. and snow blanketed the ground. I hadn’t heard so much twittering since early last Fall. The process of starting seeds in … Continue reading
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Tagged butterfly gardening, gardening for pollinators and butterflies, monarch butterflies, monarchs, pollinator gardens, protecting monarchs in Mexico, saving pollinators, starting seeds, using milk jugs seed starting
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March 11, 2019 spring is near
Did you know that tree trunks are two degrees warmer than the ambient air? I first learnt of this from Dr Lincoln Brower who wrote a paper scientifically showing that to be true in the monarch overwintering colonies in the … Continue reading
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Drama in the Forest
March 6, 2019: Out my kitchen window is a view of a field of glazed icy snow beyond which is a stream and the woods. I just heard the familiar caw caw of crows with movement in the periphery of … Continue reading
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starting seeds in winter
February 24, 2019: Even though snow blankets the ground, and the thermometer is below freezing, sap is rising and thoughts of the garden return to dispel other tasks and notions. It’s time to take out my reused and reusable ½ … Continue reading
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