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Nectarine pink
Last year John King told me that the nectarine blossoms were his favorite. They were, he said, a lovely shade of pink. I didn’t get over there to look at them until they had faded, but I made up for it later by eating lots of nectarines. Anyway, this year I was determined to show you those […]
Sweet invasion and the return of a native
May 15, 2009
A few days ago I learned, from a lovely post at Flandrum Hill, that the myrtle growing in my yard is not just an unkempt inheritance from a previous owner, but periwinkle, a native plant that belongs right where it is, holding my sandy slope in place. Good on it. The sweet woodruff growing beside […]
Wild for leeks
May 9, 2009
Ramps, wild leeks – call ’em what you like, they’re good for what ails you. I’m not usually good at finding them, but this year I’ve been lucky. As a bonus, I found wintergreen nearby. (If you’re going to eat wild leeks, it’s good to have wintergreen to chew . . . ) Digging […]
The Bloom Report and the tale of the homeless bees
May 7, 2009
I was passing by King’s and stopped to update the Apricot Bloom Report. In just a few days we had progressed from one little tree in the orchard behind Jim and Rose’s on US-31 to rows and rows of flowery finery south of the market on M-88. As I framed a shot I saw a […]
Awwwwwwwww, Babs!
May 3, 2009
She’s outdone herself. Babs has been cavorting about in the spring sunshine with lambs and llamas and, and . . . awwwwwww! Looky here. She wrote: It appears to be time for spring lambs. This was taken at the farm just south of Atwood near Antrim Dells. Gerry Sell may know who the owner is […]
Mooned by a bee
May 3, 2009
In the beginning, there is the blossom. The blossom is all potential. Fulfillment comes only when the bees come. The bees are back. Jim King said I could wander around in the orchard behind his house, where there are boxes of Dan DeKorne’s bees and rows and rows of trees flowing over the ridges. It’s […]
Carsten in Denmark
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Torch Lake Views 
May 16, 2009
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