We don’t see the black squirrels as often in the summer, but they are still around: Get Your Dose of Nature Delivered to Your Inbox by Signing up Below:
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Purple Clover
The Purple, or Red, Clover is the state flower of Vermont and has a hint of sweetness if you taste the bottom of the flowers: Get Your Dose of Nature Delivered to Your Inbox by Signing up Below:
More Butterflies
I see many different kinds of butterflies and moths in our backyard who love to land on our flowers: Get Your Dose of Nature Delivered to Your Inbox by Signing up Below:
Bee Balm
Our bee balm is now blooming in our back gardens and all the bees and other flying insects love them! Get Your Dose of Nature Delivered to Your Inbox by Signing up Below:
Frogs
Over the past couple weeks, I have seen a couple different kinds of frogs, a spotted Pickerel and a Bullfrog: Get Your Dose of Nature Delivered to Your Inbox by Signing up Below:
Candy-Striped Leafhopper
This is the first time I have seen this bug in our garden, it is a Candy-Striped Leafhopper, which is very pretty but eats the leaves… Get Your Dose of Nature Delivered to Your Inbox by Signing up Below:
Red Aphids
After a rain, I went out to look at the back garden and saw our small sunflower plant covered with these little red bugs…turns out they are a kind of aphids, which can kill the leaves… Get Your Dose of Nature Delivered to Your Inbox by Signing up Below:
Blooming Hosta
All of our hostas are now covered with pretty purple blooms: Get Your Dose of Nature Delivered to Your Inbox by Signing up Below:
Cardinal Eggs!
We’ve been seeing cardinals go in and out of our Forsythia bush in our backyard recently, and I just found their nest! It has 3 eggs in it… Get Your Dose of Nature Delivered to Your Inbox by Signing up Below: