Common Soapwort Saponaria officinalis Other names: Bouncing Bet, crow soap, wild sweet William, soapweed, Latherwort, Lady’s-wash Bowl, Old Maid’s-pink, Fuller’s Herb, London Pride Family: Caryophyllaceae (Carnation Family) Range: Across the US. Native: Introduced Native Habitat: Saponaria officinalis’s native range extends throughout Europe, and in Asia till western Siberia. It grows in cool places at low […]
So last week, we had my coworkers from Chattanooga up for a big training session. Several of them had not been to Maine before, so we brought them out one evening to Fort Williams to see the Head Light. Totally by accident, I ended up getting some nice contrasting pictures of the different
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The back yard is clear!! Well, not really. I had to take the empty pots out of the way, so it was easier to put the growing ones up against the fence where they’re out of the way until they die back and I can put them away. The side garden is
I finished a bag for the shawl I made my sister yesterday – so that’s all set to give her before the wedding this weekend. (Under the wire – phew!) It’s certainly very pink. But when you confess a secret favorite color, I am obligated to go for it…
If you look at a map, Grafton Notch State Park is right next to the very top of New Hampshire, which is the skinniest part of that state. Since our friend and the BF had met when she was an exchange student at his high school in Vermont, and she hadn’t managed
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Grafton Notch State Park was a pleasant surprise. I’ve known of it for a while. (Driving through at dusk is apparently the closest you can ever get to guaranteed moose sightings.) We headed up here to see a nearby waterfall, and then realized we’d hit the park. That waterfall was
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Wild Radish Raphanus raphanistrum Other names: jointed charlock, sea radish, white charlock Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard Family) Range: Most of the US and Canada. Native: Introduced Native Habitat: Asia and possibly the Mediterranean. Preferred habitat is disturbed locations. It seems to love the beaches here. Bloom Time: Late spring to late summer
