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Growing in Gardner

Maybe it will be friends with me?

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I'm not sure if these are an unexpected mass of Monarch larvae or Milkweed Tussocks or what.  So I wrote an expert, and will report back when I hear.

Awaiting word from an expert…

Image• Posted on July 5, 2018 by Lily
You can see some bits of the trellis and fencing we picked up curbside from nearby neighbors.

4th of July, Office Window View

Image• Posted on July 4, 2018 by Lily
It's alive!

We have a survivor–I repeat–we have a survivor.

Image• Posted on July 3, 2018 by Lily
fleabane visitors

Apis mellifera on Erigeron

Image• Posted on June 15, 2018 by Lily
Yeah, we're way behind in management this year.

13th of June, office window view

Image• Posted on June 13, 2018 by Lily
First one I've seen in a while then and since.

A solo slug.

Image• Posted on June 13, 2018 by Lily
Still haven't ID'd this shrub it's on, though.

Happy Pollinator

Image• Posted on June 8, 2018 by Lily
Not sure if one was rebuffed for trying to be forced to share, or wasn't having any of the offered hanky panky.

A pair of Scarlet Malachite Beetles

Image• Posted on June 1, 2018 by Lily
Notice the two dandelion seeds stuck in the baby thorns.

I am fairly sure these are black raspberry flowers.

Image• Posted on May 31, 2018 by Lily

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Present Plant Plans

~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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The view from a window showing a backyard during No Mow May located in Central Massachusetts that is full of many other plants of various sizes. The shaded trees in the distance mark the southern border of the property.
May 30, 2023
The July 20, 2021 image within my office window view series.
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