Saturday, May 18, 2019

Spring Might Have Arrived in VT.

5-18-19 VERMONT: The last two days have actually been spring-like, sunny, sixties, some breeze. The last rain, two nights ago, gave us 0.2 inches of precip.

Yesterday I finished the picnic table repair and re-located the game cams. Today I planted the special herbs in their raised bed. I think and hope they’re ready for their world debut. There were animal tracks in the bed before I planted anything so I put a wire barrier around the bed and capped it with more wire because one year crows ate all the corn seedlings. We can’t have crows eating the special herbs.

Alison and Dan arrived today with a bunch of wedding accoutrements that they assembled and stowed away. Back to NJ for me and Bally tomorrow.

New blooms: service berry, wild strawberry, bleeding heart, white trillium.


Star magnolia flower. The tree has been getting better for the last ten days.

Next to the magnolia is a service berry, a small tree or large shrub, which is just starting to bloom.

Eastern phoebe soesn't use the feeders, but is a insect eater, They don't show up until there are bugs in the air.

Star magnolia trees looking pretty good. The service berry is to the left and less dramatic.

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