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Tag Archives: gardens
On Visiting Bloedel Reserve
If you have a garden and a library you have everthing you need.–Cicero I’ve been doing a lot of walking in the Seattle area these past several days, while visiting my daughter and family. As a gardener back home in … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Poetry, Reflections
Tagged Bainbridge Island, Bloedel Reserve, Edith Nesbit, Garden, garden poetry, gardens, Seattle
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BEE Alert
Recently I posted about the plight of butterflies, especially that aerial tiger, the monarch butterfly. I mentioned that I’m trying to certify our backyard as a way station. But while I’m at it, bees also play a vital role in … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, environment, gardens, gmo's, honey bees, nature, neonics, pollination, pollinators
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Lexington Garden Tour (2013): Highlights
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet’s … Continue reading
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Tagged gardens, Lexington Garden show, Lexington Kentucky, urban gardens
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