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/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-whites-and-sulphurs/feed/ 0 133 Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Whites and Sulphurs https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-whites-and-sulphurs-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-whites-and-sulphurs-2 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-whites-and-sulphurs-2/#respond Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:23:00 +0000 http://staging.caroldukephotography.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-whites-and-sulphurs-2/ The Cabbage White Pieris rapae, Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme and Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice, are all inhabitants of Flower Hill Farm and are featured in this installment of Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012.  Cabbage Whites 2012 and 2009 The Cabbage Whites I have photographed are males. A female has two black dots on each […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-whites-and-sulphurs-2/feed/ 0 5309 Spring Wildflowers and Other Wild Wings Scattered About https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/spring-wildflowers-and-other-wild-wings-scattered-about/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spring-wildflowers-and-other-wild-wings-scattered-about https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/spring-wildflowers-and-other-wild-wings-scattered-about/#respond Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:54:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/spring-wildflowers-and-other-wild-wings-scattered-about/ The gardens, fields and forest floors are dotted with fresh spring wildflowers.  A delicate dancing red Trillium magically lifts itself up into the light.  An early to emerge Orange sulphur Colias eurytheme, flying about looking for vetch no doubt. I am excited to see that the chrysalis survived our winter and hungry birds. April is […]

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