SAUNTERING NATURALISTS September 28, 2008 A WALK IN THE WOODS On a beautiful fall day, we found some spare time to go exploring. The leaves are still green on the trees but the flowering smoke grass signals the end of winter with an explosion of seeds. MUSHROOMS ARE EVERYWHERE And they can be frightening […]
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END OF SUMMER ABUNDANCE The Glorious Harvests of August, 2008 MATERS Round here they call tomatoes “maters,” the variety above is called Homestead, but a tomato by any other name is still a beautiful thing to behold on the vine. Bob shows off a basket of ripe tomatoes, some of which we grew and
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TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS A month of good friends, good harvests and a road trip to Washington DC August, 2008 – Issue #87 WE ARE RICH IN FRIENDSHIPS Jack and Adah stopped by at dusk and before we knew it they were showing us their chipmunk lips. As the summer intern program drew to a
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A TRIP TO WASHINGTON DC August 12 – 14, 2008 SUCKING DOWN FUMES DC commuters have accepted this kind of traffic as a way of life. We country folk don’t think we could do this routinely. AT HOME IN NED’S HOUSE Ned graciously opened his home to us for a two-night stay. Sadly, he
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CLEAN TECH GOES TO POGOIL August 13, 2008 POGO LAND We’ve beenwanting to see where Frankie works and this is it – a sprawling tree removal service turned compost producer known as Pogo Organics. On the way in, we drove past barns full of old hay, presumably for making compost and some horses. And this
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MUSHROOMS AT CAMELINA July, 2008 WILD MUSHROOMS Everywhere we look, wild mushrooms are popping up, including this poisonous bolete, below. CULTIVATED MUSHROOMS The burlap bags Bob and Rob infused with oyster mushroom mycelium are really coming on. The mycelium is running and the tiny mushrooms are popping out. These perfectly tiny oysters
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TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS In which we celebrate fourteen years of marriage and much, much more July, 2008 – Issue #86 THEN AND NOW It’s all about the love! In 1994, Camille and Bob had fun playing around in one of those photo booths where you get a strip of four photos for a dollar.
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BIODIVERSITY BEDS Landscaping with Kim at Piedmont Biofuels July, 2008 HARD, REWARDING WORK Camille only has one thing to say about Kim – she is a joy to work with! She took on the challenge of weeding and mulching four large beds of native plants for a biodiversity project being funded by a grant
WELCOME TO THE HOTEL CAMELINA We had two sets of overnight visitors in July. Frankie, Amy and Tony came for one night and Matt, Sarah and Andrew the two following nights. Frankie and his interns got in late and left early but we were able to spend a bit more time with Matt and his
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HAY BALES July 1, 2008 There are eighty three acres at Oilseed, many of them open pasture. When a crew came to cut and bale, Camille was excited. After it was all baled, we got up early and photographed them morning sun. CAMILLE LOVES THE LOOK OF A FRESHLY BALED HAY FIELD You can see
