After being away for two weeks I was curious as to what we would find in the garden when we got home. I was surprised at the number of tomatoes and green beans as well as the summer squash. The green beans are probably enough for 2-3 meals and the squash for more than that.Continue reading “The garden in October”
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Tahquamenon Falls
Yesterday we took Mike and Deb to the Upper Falls at Tahquamenon Falls State Park. It was a beautiful morning to be there. I’m really glad that we went early in the day. After seeing the falls we ate at Camp 33 where we easily were seated. When we left after lunch there was noContinue reading “Tahquamenon Falls”
House concert at Whitefish Point
Our friends Kurt and Jan hosted a benefit house concert for the friends of Whitefish Point last night. It was small and delightful. The door sign that Susan made welcoming people in for the concert. The performers. This was only the second time that they had performed together and they were excellent. Jim introducing theContinue reading “House concert at Whitefish Point”
Birdie day at Whitefish Point
The new sign at Whitefish Point. A couple of caterpillars – Northern apple sphinx on the left, Virginia ctenucha on the right. Insects aside, yesterday was an epic flight of passerines at the point. Here are a few of the “official” numbers: Pine Siskin-490, Dark-eyed Junco-2025, Palm Warbler-347, Yellow-rumped Warbler-2677, and over 4000 ducks, dominatedContinue reading “Birdie day at Whitefish Point”
The trees were dripping with myrtles!
The “myrtles” were Myrtle Warblers, also called Yellow-rumped Warblers. Yesterday the wind shifted to the NW and the woods between us and the tip of Whitefish Point were full of warblers, primarily “myrtles.” Between eight am and 7 pm I tallied close to 350 of this little beauties. There were also a few Palm WarblersContinue reading “The trees were dripping with myrtles!”
Erie Metropark Hawks
We spend part of the day yesterday at the Detroit River Hawk Watch in Erie Metropark which is in Wayne County, Michigan. I spent from 9 AM until noon watching hawks. I wan’t disappointed. I was able to seen over 2,000 Broad-winged Hawks, which was nice. If I had stayed the entire day I mightContinue reading “Erie Metropark Hawks”
Interesting plants
The other day when we were heading south to Ann Arbor we stopped at Point LaBarbe in Mackinac County. We were looking for some interesting late summer plants. And we actually found everything that we were looking for. Fen grass-of-parnassus on the left, lesser fringed gentian on the right. The mixed cobble and sand nearContinue reading “Interesting plants”
What was in the garden last night
Our garden, which is mostly edible plants also attracts a great variety of insects, both during the day and at night. Tomato hornworm caterpillar that’s been parasitized and covered in small coccoons. It’s still alive and munching on tomato leaves. Female Chinese mantis that laid eggs in the kale. This non-native species has apparently fedContinue reading “What was in the garden last night”
Back in the garden
After the rain stopped I got back out and finished picking jalapeños. There are still abunch of green ones so I am envisioning more pickled jalapeños in the future. I also picked the roma tomtoes which will also be canned. Last time I got 23 pounds. This times I got 24 and there’s still aContinue reading “Back in the garden”
What’s in the garden?
Being away for ten days means that there was a lot to get from the garden. This is about ten meals worth of green beans. Wow! The zucchini really grew while we were gone. Susan will be making zucchini bread. There are also a bunch of jalapeños, cherry tomatoes, slicing tomatoes and roma’s. But theContinue reading “What’s in the garden?”
