Baby rabbits….not for stew!
They are brave enough to let you get within about 5′ when they’re this little. Baby rabbit mortality rate is high; diseases, abandonment, people, lawn mowers, hawks, cars, cats; many […]
Tag Archives: nature
Jenny Wren came to live here!
There are two very busy little birds working out back. Jenny wrens normally arrive here around 5/1, spend some time singing and looking around, and selecting a nesting site. Shortly after that they become […]
Squirrels do not remember where they buried their nuts……………
So, I had a pot on the back porch that I hadn’t planted anything in yet. 2 or so weeks ago, a very robust volunteer weed thing started growing out […]
The old maple tree……..
I had to take down a 50 year old sliver maple last fall, cos it was diseased and there was no treatment. It was sad. But the stump supports some other forms of life. […]
Nature includes so many wonders……
Many little seeds are graceful and slow to have their seedlings appear into the world. Some are such teeny little sprouts that you can hardly see them at first. If […]
Time for bamboo to send new shoots up
Every spring after the ground has warmed up and there’s been a few good rains, the bamboo begins to shoot up from the ground. It is a highly invasive plant […]
Neat things happening in the yard!
Out on the bird feeder was a gold finch, and I raced for the camera! These are around this area all the time, but not so much in town as […]
Lovage
Here’s an interesting plant. It’s a perennial herb called lovage. Tastes very much like really strong celery. It will get yellow flowers in the fall and the seeds that come from it […]
Seeds…from the grocery store?
I’ve always saved dried chilies to use over the winter. I’ve also always planted the seeds from one or two the next year to grow more. The original plant must have been […]
GMO’s or diversity-rich seasonal foods?
In an effort to grow more of my own healthy veggies next summer, and in my constant efforts to live a more natural type of life, I went hunting for […]
Sarasin's thoughts....... 