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Looking green!

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 BlakeBirds, Garden, Nature

Greener and greener! The garden is beginning to produce! I started most everything from seed, so it lags behind other gardens a bit, but the wait has been worth it! […]

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When it breaks down

July 17, 2021July 17, 2021 BlakeGarden, Nature, Projects

The repercussions of overdoing it this Spring have trickled down well into Summer. This Spring, the busiest time of year for my gardening business, I also bushwhacked and established a […]

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Last day of Spring, First EVER National Juneteenth

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 BlakeGarden, Nature, Plants

I wish I had kept up with the blog better this Spring. So much happened, but working so hard, I would be up at 5:30 and in bed by 7. […]

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Rehumaning

June 13, 2021June 20, 2021 BlakeAnimals, Birds, Garden, Nature, Ramble, Solitude, Starlings, Wildlife, Wildlife Rehab

Yup. After about a week of being eaten alive by bugs; shredded and impaled by raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries, Devil’s walking stick, locusts, and greenbriar; endured thousands of demands from hungry […]

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Final touches on the garden

May 14, 2021 BlakeGarden, Land, Property and Structures

Today, I installed some black 2″ polyfence on top of the field fence, and also formed a groundhog-befuddling flange along the bottom. All 20 yards of compost has been distributed, […]

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Eastern Phoebes and a Black Cat

April 24, 2021April 25, 2021 BlakeAnimals, Birds, Garden, Land, Music, Nature, Wildlife

I have a pair of Eastern Phoebes nesting in the eave of the shed. I will take this as a sign that parts of the compound are being integrated fully […]

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  • Late Summer 2021
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  • The Efficacy of Ego and the Dissolution of Self: Part 2
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