Well Sjoerd, I sure am glad you are here instead of a frozen lump in the snow and a statistic. Jerry
When I lived in southern New Mexico an inch of snow closed businesses , cars slid off the road and the tow trucks had a field day. Jerry
I did not post too many flowers last summer. :-( Tomatoes, turkeys and stuff from 30,000 feet but few flowers. I saved them for the dead of...
Congratulations Toni for a caption that was to the point. :-) Jerry
When I was 15, on a Sunday morning I was walking to church. It was very cold and I was curious as to the temperature. So I read our neighbors...
In 1910 during the era of industrial magnates Richard T. Crane Jr. purchased 2100 acres of land in Ipswich, Massachusetts overlooking the...
Western birds that ply the waterways on the other side of the Rockies are unique indeed. Great photo!! Jerry
While we are near the world of James Thurber, perhaps a plant ghost got in your potting shed. After all I am sure that you have had greenery that...
What bird could resist the 'new' restaurant, dinner is served. :-) Jerry
Hancock was the third of what would eventually number nineteen major Shaker communities established between 1783 and 1836 in New York, New...
Right now you only see an eyesore. You can approach the problem in one of two ways, either disguise the staircase so it is not the center of...
Old Sturbridge Village is a living museum depicting life in rural New England of the late 1700 to mid 1800's. Costumed historians work at...
One of the prettier birds to show up at the feeder. Jerry
Highly not recommended. You run the risk of infecting other plants. Try if you must, it is something you will have to constantly monitor. Keep it...
Scale and a bad case of it. The usual cure is to throw the plant away. Male scale in its crawling stage can crawl around seeking females who can...
Gee Captain, wintering in Ohio sounds better than the single digit forecast we can expect next week. With 3°F/-16°C extra blankets and more bird...
It takes about 3 hours to get there and for flowers there are closer places like Garden in the Woods. We did visited several places during our...
Perhaps Davidson's Plums (Davidsonia Pruriens). Jerry
Something else to watch for this summer, your photos make it a much more enjoyable adventure. Jerry
In the extreme Western part of Massachusetts nestled in the rolling hills is the Berkshire Botanical Gardens. My wife and I spent a couple of...
