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MOUND: December 2014

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An experience of the land. Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Taking Out The Trash. Our pails, a silent sentry, as instructed -three feet apart, at the intersection of the woods, road and drive. A hawk, circling high overhead, issues its gritty reeeeeeeahh. The road, here, is quiet and I am noise. Downslope, down road, toward the late autumn sun, down low. The drainage opens up, like a park, onto the wetland, the edge of which is favored by deer, coyote, turkey, and me. The wetland is, by its nature an amphit...

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MOUND: OUR WEEDS

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New York City Garden. Welcome to the weed atlas! Common Yarrow, Milfoil, or Field Yarrow. Young tree, often found growing on fencelines and in pavement cracks. Dame's rocket -also a mustard. Amaranth gone to seed. Common Ragweed. Too many people think that this is not the culprit for their allergies, yet it is. Flowering at the same time as Goldenrod, showy Goldenrod often gets the blame. Even allergy pill commercials seem to show yellow flowering plants in their scenes. The stems of Ragweed are reddish ...

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MOUND: The Transplant

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An experience of the land. Sunday, July 26, 2015. This is the canopy of a single Jewelweed, Impatiens capensis. I say canopy because it is built like a tree and is beginning to shade out the transplants. Just look at the size of that stem, maybe three or four inches in circumference. To the right is a Maximilian sunflower, Helianthus maximiliani. Carried to Brooklyn from southern New Mexico, and now to Minnesota. To the left is one of two Bleeding Hearts, Dicentra eximia. The Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca.

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MOUND: February 2015

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An experience of the land. Saturday, February 28, 2015. It's cold, people been saying it, making hay about it, FB feeds are full of it, especially the city New Yorkers. The native Minnesotan doesn't make too much of the cold, but I'm willing to point out that, here, it's cold all the time, so much so that when it is over 15 degrees F, we say it's warming. A few days ago, at a restaurant, the server said it was freezing out, and I laughed because, you know, it was 33 degrees below. And it thrills us.

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MOUND: April 2015

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An experience of the land. Wednesday, April 29, 2015. The squatting tree, a landmark on the way to the western flank of the great wetland, is flowing once more. I don't think I need to explain why it has been given this name. It appears to drain the ephemeral waters of the back swale into the great wetland. On the other side, more remains. And nettle, stinging nettle. The western flank of the great wetland is over run with nettle. It is also a hummocky, low lying peat land of a couple of acres. Site for ...

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MOUND: Travelers

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An experience of the land. Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Tomorrow I leave Brooklyn for Minnesota, early as my body allows and after a day's respite. These will travel with me: Grandma's tea, Rosa 'New Dawn,' a handful of Huechera, and some Red Hook sidewalk Seaside Goldenrod. August 13, 2015 at 2:02 PM. I like your choice of fellow travelers. Blue skies, Leslie in Oregon. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Follow MOUND on Facebook. What People Are Reading. On The Mushroom Trail. Berry Crisp with Port Sauce.

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MOUND: November 2014

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An experience of the land. Friday, November 28, 2014. In the absolute dark of early morning, along the tree line, coyotes were illuminated by headlights. Two hours later, as the light began to swell, deer browsed the leaf litter where Rex's bird feeder had been strung, and squirrels scamper about playfully all day, while various birds make appearances (although less so since the feeder has come down). Thursday, November 27, 2014. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Follow MOUND on Facebook. The leaves have large...

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MOUND: September 2014

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An experience of the land. Saturday, September 6, 2014. Could a dying man's last wish be. A new set of steps? In his slow decay is it trying or comforting to see rotten and skewed rebuilt upright? Is time best spent fixing the things that can be fixed? Our answer was yes, so Betsy and I spent the last ten days or so in Minnesota rebuilding the porch legs and constructing a new staircase with Rex's blessing. He and his aide sat porch side, observing, while we took to our work. I reused as much of the orig...

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MOUND: March 2015

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An experience of the land. Monday, March 30, 2015. Day at a Time. Missing Rex, his ability to structure the relative import of projects, things, and to take time to tell stories. Home ownership can be overwhelming, at times. It was easier, in some ways, when this house was his and I fixed things only on his list. My list is often way too long, sometimes obsessive and aesthetically driven, and usually dissuaded by finance. One day at a time. Friday, March 27, 2015. Are you, grocer, brave enough? Nearing o...

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MOUND: All That Gutters Is Gold

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An experience of the land. Monday, August 10, 2015. All That Gutters Is Gold. A friend of mine in Boston is in the market for a house. He invited me to see one that he is considering; to give it my critical "fixer's eye." I'll spare you my assessment, but I did name all the plants in the yard -garlic mustard, Japanese knotweed, and day lily. August 13, 2015 at 1:02 AM. Ill remember that when the time soon comes. Leslie in Oregon. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Follow MOUND on Facebook. The breath of...