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Bug zapper update

Baby phoebe

Bug zapper 2.0 has launched.

Five baby phoebes are almost too many for the nest to hold.


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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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hey anna just wondering if your kiwi has blooms
Comment by kayla Sat May 28 18:58:05 2016

I've been looking every...single...day and haven't seen them yet. (No, I'm not obsessive, why do you ask?) They should, though, because the leaves never got nipped back this spring. Last year we didn't see blooms until early June, so I still have hope....

On an unrelated note, I got your postcard --- thank you! Andy had put the stamp on the bottom rather than the top, which is probably what slowed it down. :-)

Comment by anna Sun May 29 08:08:55 2016
i hadnt checked my kiwi lately and noticed yesterday that it had several blooms. I was wondering if i should get my hopes up lol. Glad you got the card. Next time i will stamp it :)
Comment by kayla Sun May 29 08:53:31 2016





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