Chestnut Oak

Last week I took an afternoon off and went for a hike with my son in the mountains not far from my house. Winter is drawing to a close and I wanted to take the opportunity to go and look one more time at the winter landscape.

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Potting the Tamarack

This last Thursday I spent the day repotting, and among the trees addressed that day was the Tamarack. The handsome blue/gray container for this plant was made by the late American potter, Don Gould. One of the distinguishing features of his pots was a centrally located, keystone shaped drain hole…

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Tamarack

As I am writing this we are only in the last part of February, but it seems spring is right around the corner. Spring has been showing up earlier in this part of the world in recent years, just as summer has become longer and hotter and winter generally shorter and milder.

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