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/hot-colors-of-cool-august-butterflies-and-a-bestiary-of-birds-2/feed/ 0 5288 Back To Cooler Garden Days of June ~ Roses, Mauves, Reds and Bluebird Broods https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/back-to-cooler-garden-days-of-june-roses-mauves-reds-and-bluebird-broods/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=back-to-cooler-garden-days-of-june-roses-mauves-reds-and-bluebird-broods https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/back-to-cooler-garden-days-of-june-roses-mauves-reds-and-bluebird-broods/#respond Sun, 21 Jul 2013 14:54:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/back-to-cooler-garden-days-of-june-roses-mauves-reds-and-bluebird-broods/ July has been a sultry mix so far with last night’s “humiture” becoming more bearable or wearable I might say. I find it amusing that a former weatherman and gardener of the name George Winterling developed what we know as the ‘heat index’  . . .  where the temperature of the air and that of the […]

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