Wood Warblers This Winter of 2018 has been long and cold and quiet. It is nearly April and I long for the return of our songbirds, especially the Wood Warblers. The first green shoots of snowdrops have begun to push through the thawing crusty soil. Sugar maples are tapped and the sap has been flowing for awhile now. Steam is streaming out of sugar shacks throughout the countryside. On warmer days our year-round birds are singing. Robins and White-throated Sparrows are turning over … [Read more...] about Songbirds of 2017 ~ Wood Warblers
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
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
Gardening For Wildlife A New Blog and A New Bird In Apple Blossoms
FEATURING THREE APPLE TREES An Apple Blossom Gateway into the Blueberry Field offers delicious fragrance and nectar for birds and bees. This little male Ruby-throated Hummingbird showed up earlier this year than ever before. He arrived on May 5th! Looking west through the Apple gateway up towards the house, gardens and Rock Maples While the Hummers sip nectar the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker maintains his Apple sap holes along the trunk. He's off to the Crabapple … [Read more...] about Gardening For Wildlife A New Blog and A New Bird In Apple Blossoms
