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Hi, I'm Dave and thanks for visiting. I garden in Zone 6b in southern Indiana, and I blog here about gardening, nature and food.
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Category Archives: Nature
Going For Three?
The mild winter and warm March here seems to have put everything in overdrive, even the wildlife. The bluebirds nested early, and by March 22 there were 5 small blue eggs in the nest box. Bluebird watching has become one … Continue reading
New Life
A flurry of activity around the nest box the last few days by both the male and female bluebirds led me to believe the eggs had hatched. Sure enough, my inspection yesterday revealed that the 5 blue eggs hatched into … Continue reading
Photo Friday: March Potpourri
It’s hard to believe March is almost over. There are so many things happening around here so much earlier than usual, I decided to capture some images while I could. So here we go – starting with some of the … Continue reading
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Photo Friday: Busy Bluebirds
With a mild winter and an early spring, it’s no surprise that the local birds have responded with nest building activity. Last week I noticed the bluebirds had finished a nest in one of the PVC nest boxes. This was … Continue reading
Shelter From the Storms
We had a lot of people checking up on us last week, what with all the storm activity in our part of the world. Early Wednesday morning, we had an EF-1 tornado touchdown about a half mile from here (as … Continue reading
