Our Happy Acres

There has been a subtle shift in the weather the last few days. It has become less ’summery’, and more like fall. The high temperature today is forecast to be only 80F, with a low tonight of 51. The change is welcome, but we still need some rain. The latest front has gone through with [...]

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The summer vegetable harvests have slowed down considerably here, and I must say we have mixed emotions about that. The heat and drought have definitely made for a lousy year for peppers and eggplant, and the pole beans suffered as well. Last year was a banner year for all three.
But in a flip-flop, last years [...]

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I haven’t posted much about gardening of late, but I’ve been busy dealing with the harvests. Even though this has been an unusually hot and dry year (5 degrees warmer than average, and 8 inches less rain than “normal”) our heavily mulched and intensively planted gardens have been extremely productive.
As of today we’ve harvested over [...]

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Yesterday I shared some of the butterfly photos I’ve taken in the last week. Today I’ve got a few more, including some of visitors I’ve yet to identify.
This Skipper (I think) butterfly seemed a bit camera shy. I had a hard time getting it to sit still for a portrait!

Another skipper (exact species unknown) was [...]

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The butterflies are having a grand time here this summer. The Butterfly Garden has been positively alive with them lately. I could spend all day out there, if it weren’t for getting sunstroke! I’m trying to learn which plants are most loved, and there have been a few surprises.
The Tithonia is a real favorite of [...]

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