I’ve yet to see a monarch caterpillar this year. I have three types of milkweed in my yard and an outdoor enclosure waiting to raise a few monarchs. Inside the enclosure are butterfly weed and asclepias incarnata – rose milkweed, but the caterpillars are missing. It’s the end of June and I’ve only seen three…
A few years ago we let a bordered garden bed in which we used to grow pumpkins and other vegetables go unplanted. I was learning about native plants and the importance of prairies, so I had an idea to let this garden be a mini-prairie patch in our yard. The space is 36 feet by…
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Yesterday afternoon, I ran around town to four different stores, including Walmart, Home Depot, Farm and Fleet, and Rudy’s – a small farm and feed store about a mile from my house. I was on the hunt (excuse the pun) for one of those “ugly fake owls” that are used to deter birds and other…
Growth To pots of dirt, add Yellow elongated seeds Growing food for all. Carol Labuzzetta, draft, 2021 Phenologist A Leopold bench Watches spring colors come forth Beyond the coulee Carol Labuzzetta, draft, 2021 Spring Tree leaves budding now Colorful bursts of green life New food factories Carol Labuzzetta, draft, 2021 Birdsong Many sweet bird songs…
Last night, as we finished dinner, my husband looked up from his place at the table and said, ” Wow, look at all those deer back there!” By the time I looked out into our yard and the coulee beyond, I was just able see a pack of deer run between some trees and stop,…
Today we pruned the trees in our home fruit orchard. Thirty trees altogether, there are apple, cherry, plum, and pear. Most of the trees are apple of which we have several varieties. These include cortland, honey gold, haralson, honey crisp, and macintosh. We had some other varieties – supposedly hardy to our area, such as…
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