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First deer track sighting in the back yard.

After I finished shoveling out a path in front of the house for our postal carrier, I gathered my implements and headed back to the side door only to realize I’d forgotten to bring our compost bowl outside.  I headed towards the bin anyway, thinking to forge a trail through the drifts from the comfort of my snowsuit and to see what visitors we might have had.  Then I spotted something I hadn’t seen in the near four years we’ve been here.  Continue reading “First deer track sighting in the back yard.”

Wild Seed Project in Maine

I forget how I stumbled upon their site, but recently I finally found a much closer source for sundial lupines (Lupinus perennis), which I have written about before.   The Wild Seed Project in Maine had sundial seeds available, which is more in line with our budget than buying plants in containers.  Nasami Farm is west of us here in Massachusetts and does have sundials, but only in one quart containers.  I’ll write more about Nasami Farm in future posts. Continue reading “Wild Seed Project in Maine”