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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: Photography
Photo Friday: Petroglyph National Monument, NM
I want to share some of my photos from a favorite spot on our trip last month. The Petroglyph National Monument is located just to the west of Albuquerque, NM. The site contains an estimated 23000 images carved by native … Continue reading
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Bluebird Update
Songbird babies grow up so fast! The young bluebirds are now eight days old. At this stage of development, their eyes open and their feathers start to come in. And when the nest box is opened for monitoring, they no … Continue reading
Bluebirds, Take Two
It didn’t take long for the bluebirds to decide on their next move. Almost immediately after disaster struck their first nest, they started building another. I saw them eyeing this Gilbertson PVC nest box yesterday. This morning I went out … Continue reading
Bluebird Babies!
The bluebird eggs starting hatching some time last Friday. When I opened the nesting box to examine the nest, instead of six blue eggs I saw hungry mouths! It looks like five out of the six eggs hatched, which is … Continue reading
Shooting (and Cooking) In Style
I celebrated another birthday this week. It was a pretty low-key kind of day. I spent much of it starting about 200 pepper and eggplant seeds. Yes, for me that is a fun way to spend my birthday, doing something … Continue reading
