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 Thu, 24 Dec 2020 16:30:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.15 183435305 Songbirds of 2017 ~ Wood Warblers https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/songbirds-and/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=songbirds-and https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/songbirds-and/#respond Wed, 28 Mar 2018 21:10:20 +0000 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/?p=7600   Wood Warblers This Winter of 2018 has been long and cold and quiet.  It is nearly April and I long for the return of our songbirds, especially the Wood Warblers.  The first green shoots of snowdrops have begun to push through the thawing crusty soil.  Sugar maples are tapped and the sap has been flowing for […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/songbirds-and/feed/ 0 7600 Focusing on Old Apple Trees ‘Giving Sculptures’ of the Land https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/focusing-on-old-apple-trees-giving-sculptures-of-the-land/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=focusing-on-old-apple-trees-giving-sculptures-of-the-land https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/focusing-on-old-apple-trees-giving-sculptures-of-the-land/#respond Tue, 08 May 2012 23:54:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/focusing-on-old-apple-trees-giving-sculptures-of-the-land/ Older Apple trees, not unlike humans in their dotage, seem to tire more with time and are not quite up to producing all the plump blooms . . . that with the prodigious participation of pollinators . . . will bear fruit every year or in some cases every other year.  There is a sizable […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/focusing-on-old-apple-trees-giving-sculptures-of-the-land-2/feed/ 0 5356 Gardening For Wildlife A New Blog and A New Bird In Apple Blossoms https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/gardening-for-wildlife-a-new-blog-and-a-new-bird-in-apple-blossoms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gardening-for-wildlife-a-new-blog-and-a-new-bird-in-apple-blossoms https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/gardening-for-wildlife-a-new-blog-and-a-new-bird-in-apple-blossoms/#respond Mon, 16 May 2011 20:24:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/gardening-for-wildlife-a-new-blog-and-a-new-bird-in-apple-blossoms/ FEATURING THREE APPLE TREES  An Apple Blossom Gateway into the Blueberry Field offers delicious fragrance and nectar for birds and bees.  This little male Ruby-throated Hummingbird showed up earlier this year than ever before. He arrived on May 5th! Looking west through the Apple gateway up towards the house, gardens  and Rock Maples While the […]

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