Down by Julie’s Pond, taken a few years ago. I have to figure out how to get the duckweed back under control on that pond….
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The old Silver Maple Thursday, Aug 28 2014
Julie's Pond and Landscapes and Modern Photos trees 14:38
Sunflower Friday, Aug 22 2014
gardening and Modern Photos gardening, sunflowers 20:51
Beneath the Library Windows Tuesday, Aug 5 2014
gardening and Modern Photos gardening, lilies, photography 20:41
Sunflower: Chianti Tuesday, Jul 29 2014
gardening and Modern Photos gardening, photography, sunflowers, vegetable gardening 20:05
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Can’t I eat these, Mom? Thursday, Jul 17 2014
gardening and Landscapes and Modern Photos daylilies, photography 15:54
Yes daylilies are edible, yes Deer-off works with horses too!
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Twins Monday, Jul 14 2014
gardening and Modern Photos photography 13:42
Common ordinary Thalictrum makes for an excellent garden plant.
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Crocus Rose Sunday, Jun 29 2014
gardening and Modern Photos gardening, photography, roses 21:29
David Austin’s ‘Crocus Rose’, one of his tougher ones, a reliable bloomer that grows well with minimal care. And (like essentially all of his roses) looks elegant. It doesn’t care much for the heat and humidity of course, dropping its petals much faster, but that is simply a rose being a rose, it seems to me!
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Hay’s Done! Sunday, Jun 22 2014
gardening and Modern Photos connecticut agriculture, farming, hay 22:27
I don’t need much off the field, but I do need some and it has to be good quality: picky, elderly thoroughbreds and pickier owners….I am sure I drive the farmer who cuts it (who runs Non-picky beef cattle) slightly bonkers, I try very hard not to. Especially since all I have to do is put it in the barn.
I’d give a great deal for his tractors and sundry equipment though….
As usual this one ran perfectly:
A good thing, since this big Oliver* (which was rebuilt since last year but not run hard till now) gave up on the second circuit of the field with the cutter. The grass was just too heavy and something in the cooling system went Bang! Thankfully, the man has another, earlier Oliver as well and that combined with the Farmall made due.
The real problem is finding people to do the work, these days it is almost cheaper to buy extra hay-wagons than to try to get people to buck hay. Still you end up with quite the hay wagon collection!
*big for post-war New England okay? I confess, I am not really a fan of the Olivers, any more than I am of Mack trucks, the bulldog effect doesn’t do it for me. As far as I am concerned, tractors ought to be red, tricycle Farmalls or stout little gray Fergusons.
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Clematis ‘Henryi’ Thursday, Jun 19 2014
gardening and Modern Photos clematis, clematis 'Henryi' 20:59
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Acair Fearann 