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Tag: Massachusetts

Do the squash miss being outdoors?
Posted in Behind the Scenes, Indoor Musings

Pondering what to be thankful for in 2020

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Lily

This year has been challenging to many folks on all sorts of levels the world over. Now that we’re a week away from Thanksgiving here in America, I realized I also had many things to be grateful for this year.

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Not the first night in the last few weeks we've been in the 30s.
Posted in Behind the Scenes, Indoor Musings

Definitely frosty.

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Lily

We’ve had near to freezing nights more than I’ve been happy about in the last few weeks.

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First Gladiolus Stalk in Bloom

Image• Posted on August 15, 2020 by Lily
This angle gives it a Seymour's cousin sort of look!

Good morning, Daylily.

Image• Posted on July 14, 2020 by Lily

Firstborn of the nine

Before tucking the Monarch incubator containers under a tea towel for the night so artificial light doesn’t interfere with their sense of direction, I checked them all for dryness and development. Continue reading “Firstborn of the nine” →

Status• Posted on July 4, 2020 by Lily

Begun, the Monarch Season has.

Very foggy this morning, but that didn’t deter me from looking.  I still have no idea if the Monarch butterfly I saw yesterday was male or female, but I did find eggs in the area of one of our common milkweed patches where it was flitting about.

This is not a product endorsement--I'm just too lazy to block out names on containers.
Oggers is already eagerly awaiting when they will be flitting about in the hanger bay.

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Status• Posted on July 2, 2020 by Lily

First Monarch spotting this season

I noticed it this afternoon outside the south kitchen windows, just before the downpour. Continue reading “First Monarch spotting this season” →

Status• Posted on July 1, 2020 by Lily
If I ignore you, you can't see me because...camouflage!

Oh You Silly Toad

Image• Posted on June 29, 2020 by Lily

Garden Growth–May 30, 2020

I spied my first Luna Moth this year while doing a last round and watering this evening.  I was hoping to get a bit more done in the garden today, but something is better than nothing.

It didn't click at me, so obviously I'm not much of a threat.
I rarely even spot these on our property, and although this was the best photo I managed out of the bunch–better than nothing.

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Status• Posted on May 30, 2020 by Lily

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~basil, Lemon Mrs. Burns
~broccoli, calabrese
~broccoli, early purple sprouting
~catnip
~fennel
~flax
~milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa (yellow)
~milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa (orange)
~tomato, black sea man
~onion, Talon F1
~onion, walla walla
~parsley, moss curled
~pepper, Organic Italian Sweet
~pepper, sweet red cherry

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October 7, 2024
Here comes the frost...

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