Flower Hill Farm Retreat https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com B&B, Retreat, Vacation Rental Flower Hill Farm in Williamsburg MA Western Mass 20 minutes outside of Northampton MA 413-268-7481 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 01:04:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.15 183435305 The Allure of Milkweed https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/the-allure-of-milkweed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-allure-of-milkweed https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/the-allure-of-milkweed/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2015 15:36:58 +0000 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/?p=7035 Milkweed  (Asclepias syriaca) has a delicious fragrance and attracts a diversity of wildlife to shuttle its pollen about. Here at Flower Hill Farm there are numerous stands of milkweed in the fields and gardens. When the dainty balls of florets begin to pop, an audience of butterflies, bees, ants, and birds take notice. Spiders settle […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/the-allure-of-milkweed/feed/ 15 7035 Butterflies in the Gardens https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/butterflies-in-the-gardens/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=butterflies-in-the-gardens https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/butterflies-in-the-gardens/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:16:53 +0000 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/?p=6701 Flower Hill Farm Families of Butterflies from 2014 — There were many butterflies in the gardens of Flower Hill Farm in 2014 but there were varied species missing too. I missed each butterfly like a dear friend who moves away and will not be around to share the apple blossoms or champagne lunches. For now, I […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/butterflies-in-the-gardens/feed/ 8 6701 Metamorphosis of Butterflies from 2014 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/metamorphosis-of-butterflies-from-2014/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=metamorphosis-of-butterflies-from-2014 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/metamorphosis-of-butterflies-from-2014/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2015 13:45:45 +0000 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/?p=6427 The Metamorphosis of Butterflies from 2014 came together from my finally digging through archives of Flower Hill Farm photographs from last summer. Witnessing the metamorphosis of butterflies is a treasured ritual I share with thousands of other individuals who hold dear these remarkable beings. Raising butterflies nourishes my imagination and opens it to change and an ever present sense of wonder. Hour by hour […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/metamorphosis-of-butterflies-from-2014/feed/ 19 6427 Flower Hill Farm BUTTERFLIES OF 2011 ~ GRAND FINALE https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2011-grand-finale/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2011-grand-finale https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2011-grand-finale/#respond Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:43:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2011-grand-finale/ The series Flower Hill Farm Butterflies  (all sightings and most photos are from 2011 with exception to a few from other years) along with a few other Lepidoptera . . . comes to its final metamorphosis . . . and end . . .  just as many buds are beginning to unfurl and reports of […]

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