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The Mighty Beech tree – and why it might die soon
Me, looking up at a grand American beech tree, Fagus grandifolia, located on an edge within Longwood Garden’s Meadow. Fall 2025 and our first time encountering it. I have to add a disclaimer to this post saying that I am not an arborist, botanist, or formally educated in trees in any way. I am simply… Continue reading
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The Meadow in the summer at Longwood Gardens
The next in my “Longwood Gardens” series– over 1,100 acres of gardens of all shapes and sizes in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. My last post featured their 86-acre Meadow Garden consisting of wetlands, ponds, open fields, and a forest’s edge during the fall-time. This post is about The Meadow during the summer from my most recent… Continue reading
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Pretty Sparkly Shiny Coral Honeysuckle
I have this fancy camera now that I don’t really know how to work (yet???). It’s been really humid, but yesterday we got some good rain all day and now this morning the sun is out and a lot of that humidity is being burned away. Everything is still dripping with rain/dew and it really… Continue reading
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The Prickly Pears that were Left Behind
When we moved into our house in the summer of 2024, the previous owner left behind a number of things. It was a husband whose wife had already left the world before him, and he was living alone when he began suffering from dementia very suddenly. So, the children had to quickly move him out… Continue reading
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Nurse logs in Washington’s Hoh Rainforest, Olympic Peninsula
In Washington’s mighty Hoh Rainforest, there is a phenomenon called “nurse logs”. These are fallen trees that function like a nursery for saplings on their decaying trunks. The small, young trees take advantage of this higher ground and rich organic material to reach the sun and get ahead of the other saplings. Eventually, only the… Continue reading
