A fox and 3 birds leads to a EEE scare
Chelsea Flower Show 2005 — Britain’s greatest gardening show. The BBC has full coverage throughout this week.
On Being Asked, Whence is the Flower?In May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes,I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods,Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp nook,To please the desert and the sluggish brook.The purple petals, fallen [...]
Today I planted pansies atop the stone walls around the chicken coop John built and filled the hanging baskets on the back porch with moss and cranberry-colored Nemesia hybrid, which should hang down nicely in contrast with the pale yellow of the house.
Dung and dirt more admirable than was dream’d …~ Whitman [Song of [...]
Our house is there — ought to be as it dates back to 1832 — although this satellite image must be at least 3 years old, more likely 5 years.
The stone barn still appears in this image, gone before we moved here in 2000, and the lower field, which we’ve since planted and fenced, [...]
John planted three Rhododendron in the front yard, on either side of the small side door and under the half moon window facing the drive.He tilled under and replanted the front lawn, to four feet in, churning under the salt and debris from the winter road care.
I am amazed at this spring, this conflagrationOf [...]
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