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Showing posts with label Aromatic Aster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aromatic Aster. Show all posts
Thursday, November 20, 2014

The Arrival of Winter - A Sign of the Season to Come?

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Well, winter suddenly descended last week with a blast of strong wind that was followed a few days later by a thin blanket of snow.  This wa...
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Friday, November 07, 2014

Aromatic Asters - Summer's Last Blast

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I love many, many plants, but if pressed to name my favorite, I think it would be aromatic aster, Symphyotrichum oblongifolium .  Since thes...
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Thursday, August 28, 2014

The Fly and the Caterpillar: Not a Love Story

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As I was doing a quick look-see in the vegetable garden yesterday, I heard a fly buzzing.  Why a buzzing fly caught my attention, I really c...
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Last Hurrah in the Aromatic Aster

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On the 15th of November, about 5 weeks ago, I took a series of photos of the insects nectaring at the last of the aromatic aster blooms.  We...
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Thursday, October 03, 2013

Shoulder to Shoulder, The Asters Begin to Take Center Stage

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It's October and the asters are coming into their full glory. In my garden, aromatic aster is the biggest player.  Bigleaf aster is ac...
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First it was bugs in jars. Then it was toad races in the sand box. Next, I obsessed over seashells and all the animals living in tidal pools and along the shore. Finally I went to college and studied biology, accidentally becoming a birder and amateur entomologist along the way. Raising a family gave me the impetus to start gardening. Now, many years later, I have come full circle back to bugs, though rarely do I catch them in jars any more. The more I learn, the more fascinated I become with the intricate web of biological connections surrounding us every day. Wasps that lay their eggs on paralyzed grasshoppers. Mosquitoes that prey on other mosquito larvae. Flea beetles that will only consume plant material from one genus of plants. What I can observe and learn in my own backyard is staggering. By caring for that yard organically, the small world that I provide for a huge variety of creatures is enlightening, enlivening, and enriching. How can anyone ever get bored?!
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