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 Wed, 24 Jan 2018 22:09:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.13 183435305 Butterflies of 2017 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/butterflies-of-2017-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=butterflies-of-2017-2 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/butterflies-of-2017-2/#comments Wed, 24 Jan 2018 20:37:05 +0000 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/?p=7752 During this cold winter, I am sorting through brightly colored photographs from my compilation of Flower Hill Farm butterflies entitled ~ Butterflies of 2017. Over the years, I have documented fifty plus species of butterflies by family on my website under Photography and Wildlife. All are species that I was fortunate to find here within my 21 acre wildlife habitat. I […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/butterflies-of-2017-2/feed/ 12 7752 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 Monarch Migration Milkweed & Monsanto https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/monarch-migration-milkweed-monsanto/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=monarch-migration-milkweed-monsanto https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/monarch-migration-milkweed-monsanto/#comments Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:58:00 +0000 http://staging.caroldukephotography.com/monarch-migration-milkweed-monsanto/   It is hard to imagine that the words Monarch, Migration and Milkweed would have anything in common with a multinational chemical and biotech corporation like Monsanto. To see and hear the word Monsanto conjures up images of poisons, lies, manipulation, and now the possible loss of a momentous migration is added to the list […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/monarch-migration-milkweed-monsanto/feed/ 1 5221 Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle: A Metamorphosis ~ Part One ~ The Capable Caterpillar https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/monarch-butterfly-life-cycle-a-metamorphosis-part-one-the-capable-caterpillar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=monarch-butterfly-life-cycle-a-metamorphosis-part-one-the-capable-caterpillar https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/monarch-butterfly-life-cycle-a-metamorphosis-part-one-the-capable-caterpillar/#respond Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:29:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/monarch-butterfly-life-cycle-a-metamorphosis-part-one-the-capable-caterpillar/ The mammouth Monarch Butterfly migration is underway. Sightings are reported along rivers and hillsides, fields and meadows,  gardens and parks by lucky viewers seeing hundreds of these skilled navigators flying south.  Here at Flower Hill Farm there are numerous fresh Monarchs floating about the gardens each day.  I have counted up to thirty on one […]

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