Planting in the Garden in May
I moved some big plants back into the garden as soon as it was rototilled. These are perennials that will grow again every summer. I plant radishes and mist the seeds with earthworm casting tea. This will help the seeds grow.
Grandpa Gary Rototilling the Garden
It is helpful to turn the soil over in the spring before planting. Here is Grandpa Gary using a big rototilling machine to do this for me. I am grateful that he helps me.
Jack-in-the-Pulpits Blooming
In the woods behind my house many wild flowers bloom. Jack-in-the-Pulpit is not found everywhere, but here in our woods they grow all over.
Trillium Flowers Blooming in April
In the woods behind my house many wild flowers bloom. I found many white Trillium flowers today.
Ready to Plant in Greenhouse and Waiting for Solar Eclipse
Today the Solar Eclipse will happen. As I wait, I do more to prepare to plant seeds in my greenhouse.
Preparing to Plant Seeds in the Greenhouse
You may enjoy starting your own flower and vegetable plants. Here is how I get ready for planting.
Maple Tree Buds and Flowers
Find a tree with a low branch and draw the buds in your notebook. Look at the buds every day and draw new pictures when the buds change into flowers and leaves.
Pileated Woodpecker
Search for the woodpecker on a tree. It is eating bugs. See it fly away.
Rabbit Tracks
Follow rabbit tracks in the snow. How do we know they are rabbit tracks? See where it nibbled a bush.
Welcome to Exploring Nature with Grandma Carol
54 years Exploring Nature. My mother was a botanist. At 12 a book taught me more about how to identify plants. I was a Girl Scout and a Girl Scout leader. Taught Cub Scouts about nature at summer camps.
Witch Hazel Bushes Bloom in November
Snow is on the ground and all the leaves have fallen from the trees. Why does Witch Hazel bloom in November?
Deer Tracks in the Snow
Deer find plants to eat in my yard. See all the fresh tracts after the deer were here during the night.
Tree Where Deer Ate Ivy and Opossum Tracks
Only vines and tiny ivy leaves are left on the lower trunk of this tree. Hungry deer ate the large ivy leaves. An opossum walked in the snow and went inside my greenhouse.
Put Together a Nature Exploring Kit
Get ready to measure trees and animal footprints. Have your pencil ready to draw the things you find. Keep everything in a reuseable bag.
Deer Find Food Under Snow
See the fish we each caught on Irondequoit Bay one cold winter morning. These include Blue Gills, Perch and a Lake Trout.
Ice Fishing
See the fish we each caught on Irondequoit Bay one cold winter morning. These include Blue Gills, Perch and a Lake Trout.
Winter Wonderland
Walk down a trail after a snowstorm left an inch of snow on every branch. Vines climbing on a tree are easier to see with snow on them.