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Daily Photo Reprise: How Long Did I Sleep?! 2011

Wait a minute, I’m covered with leaves! I thought it was still summer! How long did I sleep?! And I’m how old?! No way! Don’t believe it. I’m just humoring my mom. I laid down here in my favorite spot for a nice cozy nap and she thought it would

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Does Your Garden Grow Mousies?

“Does your garden grow mousies or chippies?” Mewsette asks as Giuseppe inspects the contents of my basket. They were quite excited when I entered the kitchen with my little gathering basket and set it down on the cabinet in front of them. They eagerly looked in the basket and sniffed

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Vintage Photo: Supervising the Harvest

From 2008, Cookie, as Garden Goddess, settles in a soft bed of tall grasses, violets and wild strawberries and autumn wildflowers at the edge of my pea bed to enjoy the dappled sun on an August morning and supervise my work. So far that year, the peas had done well,

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Beans

Unlike the lettuce, which Mewsette happily eats whenever I have a salad, and the broccoli, which she nibbles, and the cherries, which made Mewsette ponder life, Mewsette couldn’t decide what the beans were for. She really wasn’t interested in eating them, but she did like to smell them, and she

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Your Backyard Wildlife Habitat: Hester the Bunny and I Have a Talk

I’ve been enjoying the visits of this year’s backyard bunny. We’ve been watching her grow up in the back yard, and also observing her bold mom out in the street. I’ve always named the backyard bunny Hester because, well, read Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and you’ll see the connection

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Your Backyard Wildlife Habitat: Sweet and Sour in Summer, Poison Ivy!

Itch. Itch. Scratch scratch. Scratch scratch scratch scratch scratch DIG DIG—aaaggghhh! No, it’s not your cat or dog, it’s you! And what’s the culprit? Poison ivy! But you’ve been wearing work clothes in an office all week, where the heck did it come from? Does your cat visit your yard

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Your Backyard Wildlife Habitat: What’s Growing in Your Backyard?

This is the second in a series of articles about considering your backyard wildlife habitat. You think planning your garden is fun? Wait until you start an inventory of what’s currently available for wildlife in your yard. You will be shocked at what you have already, and if you’re not

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The Butterfly

The forget-me-nots were a happening place this afternoon, flower stems waving with the weight of various bees and other insects. And butterflies were out in force in the garden this afternoon. But this Red Admiral was special. Why else would a black and orange and cream butterfly be fluttering among

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Your Backyard Wildlife Habitat: Begin in Spring to Control Fleas

Fleas, like most other insects, live everywhere around us and it’s how we manage our surroundings that helps to control their populations. Like managing mosquitoes, for instance, by eliminating still pools of water where they can breed, you can also manage the flea population around your yard without the use

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Outdoor Adventures: 2009

On this day three years ago I had some company out in the back yard, inspecting my work and making the decisions about who was inside and outside and when. I’ve often had one cat outdoors with me and could keep a close watch on their activities—as they usually did

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