Two dozen native plant varieties, winter and spring sown, waiting  to be planted  May 15, 2025  —————  Most of these seedlings began in August, 2024 with an order to Prairie Moon Nursery. We spent the 2024 growing season removing invasive plants, r
  Photo credit: Evan Lipton, Massachusetts. Merlin Bird ID.   May 6, 2025   —————   We have a single Wood Thrush who has been a repeat resident of our yard going back at least three years, when Jeremy first picked out their voice as a new addition to
  Eastern Cottontail nest near the base of a Nannyberry   April 25, 2025  —————  For me, the most exciting recent development in our yard for is that we have a nest of week-old baby bunnies.  Mama bunny spent most of two consecutive days constructing
  Golden groundsel in its second year.    May 4, 2025   —————     2024 additions to our garden       Locally Native Perennials   Seedbox (  Ludwigia alternifolia  )  Purple vervain (  Verbena hastata  )  Narrow-leaved Sundrops (  Oenothera fruti
 White panicled aster (  Symphytrichum lanceolatum  )  Aster (Asteraceae)  Volunteer  ——————    Our yard, prior to June 2024       Locally Native Perennials    Rough avens (  Geum laciniatum  )  Large-leaved avens (  Geum macrophyllum  )  White panic
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