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=5.8.13 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 A Play of Light and Whites in A Late June Garden Walkabout https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/a-play-of-light-and-whites-in-a-late-june-garden-walkabout/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-play-of-light-and-whites-in-a-late-june-garden-walkabout https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/a-play-of-light-and-whites-in-a-late-june-garden-walkabout/#respond Fri, 26 Jul 2013 17:05:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/a-play-of-light-and-whites-in-a-late-june-garden-walkabout/ I am offering a rather long, mostly silent, walkabout but one that promises a flora and fauna feast for the senses. Plenty of textures to tickle the imagination along with delicious fragrances and bright refractions within butterfly wings.   Walking though the gardens here at Flower Hill Farm in mid to late June can be […]

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