Wildlife

Herbs (and critters) in the Garden

There is a long bed of peppermint on the South side of our house.
It’s 50′ long, keeps a lot of weeds at bay and cools the roots of several clematis I have growing up arbors. One of these clematis harbored a nest of little sparrows…until last night. Continue reading

The Blue Heron Rookery

We have a small river or creek (pronounced crick in these parts- and no, I don’t know why) and a large Blue Heron colony, or rookery, just down the road. We like to visit the rookery before the trees leaf out. Their nests are just awesome! Continue reading

The Eagles Have Flown

Bald Eagles! They were hanging out in the cornfields and flying… Continue reading

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