Found in the same spot as three years ago.
Presumably the common sundew, Drosera rotundifolia.
It had a rarer neighbor.
There was enough sundew that Gretchen took one for transplanting.
Preparing a spot in her bog garden.
Place the sundew.
Water with rainwater.
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First I’ve seen in the wild in these woods in more than forty years: a pitcher plant.
Presumably Sarracenia minor Walter. Continue reading
We planted a garden yesterday: peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, cucumbers, and okra.
“B W Sinclair also owned at one point some land along the Coffee Road,” says Wiregrass Region Digital History Project (WRDHP):
WRDHP photograph, apparently from Lowndes County records
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After the prescribed burn, it’s a lot easier to see, and there are more gopher tortoise burrows than we thought.
Here’s another Gopherus polyphemus near the road. It’s good there are so many. Gophers are a keystone species, hosting Continue reading
Gretchen with her banana trees.
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Next to a feeder on the pooch deck, they’re hinting at something.
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Fall has fallen.
Or maybe the thermometer is broken.
But there are brown oak leaves everywhere.
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It doesn’t really belong in the corn trailer, where Gretchen found it.
The dogs would love for us to keep it here, but Continue reading
