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The thrush greeting the morning;
the little bluebirds in their hot box;
the salty talk of the wren,
then the deep cup of the hour of silence â¦â
â âGratitudeâ by Mary Oliver
Before sunrise, when there is barely a hint of light coming through the trees, a cardinal begins to sing those sharp, clear, repetitive whistles âwoit woit woit chew-chew-chew-chew-chew.â Almost immediately a second one responds. These two birds crowd center stage as they act like an avian alarm clock, for soon they are joined by others ⦠whistling, singing, chirping, clucking.
From the field by the small pond, tree swallows chitter, bluebirds burble, the blackbird teeeews. Then the smallest of them, hidden in among the forsythia tangle by the barn, opens his beak and tosses out his long, rattly song described in Arthur Cleveland Bentâs âLife Histories of North American Birdsâ as âa burst of melody, a rather loud, hurried, strenuous, bubbling outpou
Creating a Cut-Flower Garden for Fun and Profit
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Are you looking for a way to enjoy your garden, have plenty of flowers to share with friends and family, and maybe even earn a little spending money too? A cutting garden is an excellent way to do all of that!
Of course, it’s always nice to have a vase of fragrant sweet peas or colorful roses on your kitchen counter, but it’s equally nice to be able to share a bit of joy and beauty with neighbors and friends.
Your cutting garden can be as large or small as your space and budget allow. You can certainly start small and add to your selections as you go.
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If you’re like me, you had a lot of neighbors return over the weekend, and they don’t appear to be self-quarantining. Weirdly upbeat in these difficult times, these newly arrived locals can be heard whistling cheerful tunes as they settle back in to their routines in yards and gardens. Many are even visiting crowded food establishments and communal baths of suspect sanitary status. Obviously I am talking about your local orioles, catbirds, and hummingbirds, and they got here not a minute too soon in these stir-crazy times.
The proverbial floodgates have opened, right on schedule. For me it went like this: Thursday, April 30, I had my first yard towhee, a splendid male scratching in the leaf litter just outside my bedroom window. Towhees had been around the Cape for a while, since mid-April, but not yet in the immediate vicinity of my yard, which is what really counts. My first hummingbird arrived on Saturday – a male, as always, making a very brief appearance at a feeder.
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