04-MAY-2011
Prairie smoke (Geum triflorum)
The prairie smoke is flowering nicely now, as are some other plants in the Backyard Garden section of the FWG.
04-MAY-2011
Chipping sparrow
It was a cold, windy, rainy day at the garden. Not a lot of bird activity. No sign of tree swallows, not surprisingly. However, there were flickers, cardinals, chickadees, juncos (fewer than a week ago), white-breasted nuthatch, goldfinches, robins, red-winged blackbirds (the females are back, so they can begin nesting soon), and lots of these guys. Down in the canal, on a rock near shore, was a greater yellowlegs.
04-MAY-2011
Magnolia
FWG has two lovely magnolia trees, planted long before we took over the site.
04-MAY-2011
Another downed tree
This ash was uprooted by the windstorm of last week. Several trees were damaged by it as it fell, so this little corner of the Ash woods, is looking a bit bare at the moment.
04-MAY-2011
Red trilium (Trillium erectum)
The red trilliums were just beginning to bloom a week ago and are mostly all out now. The white trilliums are just starting to bloom. Bloodroot is up in good numbers, but most of the flowers were closed in this unseasonably cool weather. Bellwort, false solomon's seal, Virginia waterleaf, are amongst other plants in the Ash woods beginning to appear.
04-MAY-2011
Chipmunk
After the fierce windstorm of last week, when winds gusted up to nearly 100kmh, I wondered what damage had been done at FWG. I was unable to get to the garden until today, and discovered it was not that badly hit, but yes, we did lose a few trees, including this spruce. The chipmunk was exploring the trunk when I came along.
