Joyous song and fragrance fills the air about our hillside habitat and gardens. Male Indigo Bunting Delicious Viburnum and French Lilac Lilac and Viburnum Looking Towards Mount Holyoke Range French Lilac and Lilac Topiary Looking Over Toward Walnut Hill French Lilacs and Lilac Topiary Looking Over Towards Carey Hill and High Ridge Lilac Topiary Looking Into Lower Garden Dwarf Fothergilla and Lilacs Looking Down Towards Apple Gateway and Blueberry Field Same As … [Read more...] about Quietly Walking About the Mid May Garden
Archives for May 2012
Crabapples Abloom Enticing Wildlife
Crabapples in bloom delight both the gardeners and wildlife.Chipping Sparrow in Crabapple Tree'Three Graces' ~ CrabapplesThe Other Side of 'Three Graces'Tops of 'Three Graces' Looking Over Towards Crabapple Orchard From Middle Meadow Garden Yellow-rumped Warbler in Crabapple BloomsNashville Warbler in Crabapple TreeClever Nashville Warbler Opening Crabapple BudNashville Warbler Moving on to Another Crabapple TreeWeeping Crabapple Behind Little StudioRed Admiral Sipping Crabapple … [Read more...] about Crabapples Abloom Enticing Wildlife
Crabapples Abloom Enticing Wildlife
Crabapples in bloom delight both the gardeners and wildlife. Chipping Sparrow in Crabapple Tree 'Three Graces' ~ Crabapples The Other Side of 'Three Graces' Tops of 'Three Graces' Looking Over Towards Crabapple Orchard From Middle Meadow Garden Yellow-rumped Warbler in Crabapple Blooms Nashville Warbler in Crabapple Tree Clever Nashville Warbler Opening Crabapple Bud Nashville Warbler Moving on to Another Crabapple Tree Weeping … [Read more...] about Crabapples Abloom Enticing Wildlife
Focusing on Old Apple Trees ‘Giving Sculptures’ of the Land
Older Apple trees, not unlike humans in their dotage, seem to tire more with time and are not quite up to producing all the plump blooms . . . that with the prodigious participation of pollinators . . . will bear fruit every year or in some cases every other year. There is a sizable silence of florescence in five of my six senior Apples this spring. Apple on the Edge of North Garden and Field April 2012Apple on the Edge of North Garden and Field April 2012Pruning is a rather large … [Read more...] about Focusing on Old Apple Trees ‘Giving Sculptures’ of the Land
Focusing on Old Apple Trees ‘Giving Sculptures’ of the Land
Older Apple trees, not unlike humans in their dotage, seem to tire more with time and are not quite up to producing all the plump blooms . . . that with the prodigious participation of pollinators . . . will bear fruit every year or in some cases every other year. There is a sizable silence of florescence in five of my six senior Apples this spring. Apple on the Edge of North Garden and Field April 2012 Apple on the Edge of North Garden and Field April 2012 Pruning is a rather … [Read more...] about Focusing on Old Apple Trees ‘Giving Sculptures’ of the Land
