Author: Emily Peterson
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November 2026 Newsletter
November can be a seasonal transition month — a gradual change from fall to winter. The view outside the window on November 1st. was dreary: low cloud cover and a cool breeze, but outside the temperature remained warm. It was actually a lovely day to be in the garden. The perpetual noise of generators, chain…
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October 2026 Newsletter
I hope that everyone is safe, and suffered little or no damage from the hurricane. I apologize for the tardiness of this newsletter. I began this newsletter in the last few days of September, writing: “How lovely to experience cooler days and nights at the end of September.” Then, BLAMO! Over 8” of rain fell!…
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September 2026 Newsletter
There are lots of butterflies around the garden. Butterflies rarely seen at other times of the year are beginning to show up in greater numbers. Sulpher butterflies are flitting over the garden through the fall — yellow butterflies ranging in size from the large Cloudless Sulpher to the much smaller Sleepy Orange. Sulphers migrate in…
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August 2026 Newsletter
My tiny screened porch is my best “inside-out” spot. The over-planted front yard comes close to the screen. My “trifecta” of habitat trees fills the right half of the view: a pagoda dogwood, still in berry; a wax myrtle and a red cedar. Birds are always in these trees for food and shelter. The left…