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Jim Pirhalla, our unofficial bird guru writes the following observations: I decided to use an old baseball term as my article title to try to interest (or entrap) people outside of the gardening world that may stumble across this blog by happenstance. For those unfamiliar with the phrase “ducks on a pond” it basically means [...]

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Jim Pirhalla, horticulturist in the Winterthur Garden writes: While doing research on tree succession, I decided to key out the alder species that I noticed growing along the banks of the back pond. Upon doing so, not only did I discover that the plant is probably the hazel alder (Alnus serrulata) but I also discovered [...]

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Jim Pirhalla, horticulturist for the Sundial Garden and the Pinetum writes:  This year is the first year, at least that I am aware of, that a pair of hawks has nested in Winterthur’s Pinetum during the decade or so that it has been under my care; the particular breed of hawk being the Cooper’s hawk. The [...]

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My name is Mark Wolanski and I am from Wilmington, Delaware. Since March I have been serving as the six month Garden/Estate intern but will be transitioning to the Natural Lands intern in May. I have recently graduated from the University of Delaware with a Bachelor of Arts in Geography. By majoring in geography, students [...]

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Several visitors and staff members have asked for the names and sources of some of the plants growing in the children’s vegetable garden. I have copied the inventory below along with a very informal rating and source code. The rating scale is from “-” (no germination/poor performer) to “++” (star performer). If there is neither a plus [...]

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One of our staff members posted this as a comment on one of our blog entries, but I thought it was worth re-posting as its own entry for everyone read: I saw the most amazing thing yesterday on the path behind the Museum Store; a pair of cardinals (mom & dad) teaching their baby chick [...]

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From our guests: Last July, a guest wrote a note to our director saying “Thank you for the paths into the meadows. The meadows are very interesting and they soften the feeling of an edge or limit to the garden.“  Hope you’ll enjoy the garden today as much as our guest did last summer.

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This last Saturday I led a walk for our members up to the top of Farm Hill to view the Chimney Swifts roosting in the Creamery chimney. It was a beautiful evening (though the weather forecast called for rain) with a clouds of fireflies drifting up from the meadow below the Test Barn. Our flock of Chimney Swifts [...]

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by Frank Quinnette On my way to work this morning I heard a radio commercial for grub control. It’s a tongue-in-cheek spot from a major lawn care product supplier that is pretty funny really. Kind of 1950’s, flying-saucer-ominous-voice-in-panic type deal. Ugly monsters in the lawn devouring grass roots! Run for your lives! Something like that. [...]

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Wednesdays at Winterthur: July 1st  11:30 am at the greenhouses. All organic matter will decompose within time! Through active composting, you can turn organic matter from your backyard and household residues into a rich soil amendment to help improve plant growth, give roots a healthier environment in which to expand and stabilize, reduce potential soil erosion [...]

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