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The summer is here, and one of the big pluses of it is that it brings a bunch of new visitors to our region, some of which are the whimsical and hungry hummingbirds! In today’s post we’ll talk about these…
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Every year in the garden seems to teach a lesson about how things change. This year, I’ve been disappointed in my blueberries. I wrote a post a few years ago about my blueberries and how I always manage to harvest…
Read MoreCategory: Food Gardening Tags: Author:Erica, Birds, Blueberries, Fruits
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Some day I would like to have a well-built blueberry cage (like Kent’s) to grow many bushes in protected conditions. For now, however, what I have is three bushes (with a fourth coming along) that are part of my landscaping…
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If you’ve ever wanted to see pollinators at work, up close, photographer Louie Schwartzberg produced a video that gave me a new appreciation of hummingbirds, bees, bats and butterflies. The Hidden Beauty of Pollination, a TED talk, is 7 minutes…
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The morning concert here at Meadow Glenn is as good as that given by any high-school chorus. The school chorus, however, would have one advantage—number of participants. The concert in our yard is presented by one vocalist—a Gray Catbird. The…
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Got the summertime gardening blues? No, not the blues from the 90°+ heat and the 85% humidity—but having too many blueberries. Howard County Master Gardener Deborah Patton and her husband, Jim Akers, get so many blueberries from their three plants…
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Some people like to keep birds in cages. Kent Phillips, a Master Gardener in Howard County, likes to keep birds out of his cage. Each June, Kent and two helpers assemble a 10’ high by 10’ wide by 60’ long…
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