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December | 2007 | The Backyard
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124; Comments RSS. From little acorns grow. Winter Wonderland and Trixie. Posted on December 28, 2007. 124; Leave a comment. Momar – the Marsupial. Posted on December 24, 2007. I was driving down the dirt road the other day and saw our elusive possum. Momar, crossing the road. Buzz and I name all the animals we see and Momar is one that makes very few appearances. He was so very slow, as all possums are. I jumped out and took a photo of him as he carefully made his way down towards the pond.
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June | 2008 | The Backyard
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124; Comments RSS. From little acorns grow. The Wise Old Talking Tree. Posted on June 19, 2008. We were hiking up Oberg Mountain in Northern MN and stumbled upon this ancient talking tree. He is the wisest tree on earth and will answer any and all questions. 124; 3 Comments. Animal Angel Pet Sitter and Dog Walker. The Trouble with Buckthorn. Blog at WordPress.com. Blog at WordPress.com.
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September | 2008 | The Backyard
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124; Comments RSS. From little acorns grow. Posted on September 16, 2008. Oh, how happy that made me. The varieties were too numerous to count. The Bee Tree (Peegee Hydrangia). I don’t use pesticides in the yard so we have a lot of very interesting bugs, amphibians and birds. I also noticed a huge amount of toads and frogs in the yard this year. I love seeing the variety of critters that can thrive when the environment is inviting. Ours is a very friendly house for all the critters. 124; Leave a comment.
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April | 2008 | The Backyard
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124; Comments RSS. From little acorns grow. 9 bags of trash, a ladder, a shovel and a shoe. Posted on April 30, 2008. Trash pick up around the loop was successful as far as garbage collection goes. Our neighbor, Denise Webber and her son Michael, a 7th grader, showed up to help. That was 2 more than Buzz and I were counting on. Thank you Denise and Michael for your help. You are both great! 124; Leave a comment. Trash Pickup – April 27 – 10am. Posted on April 20, 2008. 124; Tagged: Trash pickup. Buckthor...
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January | 2009 | The Backyard
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124; Comments RSS. From little acorns grow. Posted on January 10, 2009. Here’s a little reprieve from the winter’s snow and ice. The photos were taken when Buzz and I were checking the nature preserve for invasive plants. We were near a horse pasture and they seemed to gravitate towards us – beckoning the others to come over and visit. Hey Ed - Check this out. Ed beckons the others. Whats that thing youre clicking? 124; Leave a comment. Animal Angel Pet Sitter and Dog Walker. The Trouble with Buckthorn.
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January | 2008 | The Backyard
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124; Comments RSS. From little acorns grow. Tree Bargains Planting for the Future. Posted on January 20, 2008. Every year we buy bare root trees from Dakota County, MN and plant them everywhere we think a tree should be. There is a wide selection of trees and shrubs and they are about $30 per bundle. Everything from pines, spruces and cedar to maples, oak and walnut. You can fill in a simple tree order form. And send it in by April 1. You will be notified when the trees come in. Happy planting! Who happe...
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February | 2008 | The Backyard
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124; Comments RSS. From little acorns grow. Oliver, the Owl. Posted on February 3, 2008. As dusk was approaching, I walked by the window and looked out and took a double take. Right outside my living room, was a magnificent Barred Owl. In our small black cherry tree. Once settled in a new tree, he swallowed his evening meal whole and just sat there for what seemed like an eternity. Later, as I walked by the window again – I looked out to see Oliver sitting back in the cherry tree. 124; Leave a comment.
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July | 2008 | The Backyard
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124; Comments RSS. From little acorns grow. Posted on July 28, 2008. I saw several monarch butterflies. Alight upon my swamp milkweek. Monarch Butterfly on Swamp Milkweed. 124; Leave a comment. The Swallows on the front porch. Posted on July 21, 2008. 3 baby swallows in nest. Momma Swallow checks on babies. Baby Swallow ready to fly the coop. 124; Leave a comment. Posted on July 17, 2008. I really like milkweed. Monarch caterpillar on milkweed. Monarch Caterpillar munching on milkweed. 124; 2 Comments.
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March | 2008 | The Backyard
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124; Comments RSS. From little acorns grow. The Marsupial sees his shadow. Posted on March 22, 2008. Every year, we know Spring has come when Momar, the Marsupial. Makes his first appearance. He slowly made his way up to the feeder and ate the seeds on the ground. Possums are very slow moving and can’t seem to run. The way they react to danger is to feign death by ‘playing possum’. Possums (short for opossum) are built for comfort – not speed. On all fingers fore and hind except on the two thumbs.