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Category Archives: Animals
Shower Time for the Red-breasted Nuthatch
This Red-breasted Nuthatch and its partner (parent? child? mate?) spent quite a while enjoying the gentle overhead sprinkler this morning. This one sat on a pole bean support directly underneath the falling water, preening and cleaning, and the other, inspired … Continue reading
Potato Manatee
This little fellow emerged from the garden this morning. It’s a potato of some kind – I keep terrible garden records – and I harvested a fair amount of its brethren, to be offered up to the gods of potato … Continue reading
Now THAT’S a Rattlesnake
This handsome creature was curled up down by the mailboxes at the end of the road. First one I’ve seen anywhere on my road or the immediate vicinity in all the years I’ve lived here. Perhaps two feet long, and … Continue reading
Aphids with Mustard
Every year (though usually quite a bit earlier in the season) the aphids – I like the term ‘plant lice’ – come out and congregate on various plants. They tend to favor roses and cole crops. This morning, I noticed … Continue reading
Ridiculous Abundance
Gardening is about cycles and rhythms. Last year, the blueberries took the year off, producing basically half of what they do in a good year. This year, on the other hand, the bushes are outdoing themselves. Ridiculous abundance. These will … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, blueberries, food forest, fruit, perennials, propagation
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Nelson’s Hairstreak
This particular plant is covered with these beauties. I gave identification a shot, but realized quickly that I’m not very good at butterfly ID, so I wrote to fellow MG Kathy, who is a butterfly enthusiast and expert. She identified … Continue reading
Substantial Gopher Snake
I’ve been walking barefoot to the mailbox every day, a ‘summer feet’ development effort. Today, I encountered a big ol’ Pacific Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer. I initially thought it was a small rattlesnake, but upon closer inspection, it didn’t have … Continue reading
Busy Bees
Bees are busy working the lavender this morning. Some days, there are a dozen varieties of insect nectar-seekers on this bush – European honey bees, native California bees, moths and butterflies – but this morning just the one. I wish … Continue reading