Month: July 2006

Jewelry for geese?

I must be more careful what I toss onto the compost pile. The poultry dig through for snacks there . . . and apparently neckwear. I found this goose sporting an old peat pot one afternoon last week. She (he?) didn’t seem...

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Color in the garden

I’ve never grown such lush, happy eggplants before. The huge leaves concerned me at first because I feared I’d been too heavy-handed with the compost this spring and would have all leaves and no fruit. Not to worry....

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Wild cherries

If I were 20 feet taller, I could harvest this thick crop of wild cherries. I picked a modest amount from the branches I could reach, but they grow much thicker in the sunny treetops. I’ve also been picking wild...

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English roses

‘Eglantine’, a David Austin variety of English-style roses. My daughter took this photo in my new flower & herb garden next to the house. This garden is rather sparse now, just half-planted, and with only a...

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