BlogHide Resteemsdansgardening (54)in birds • 5 years agoSimply Photos - Project FeederWatch is Winding DownWelcome back. For those of you who have participated in Project FeederWatch , you know this coming weekend is the last weekend of the season to count. This season has gone fast as they all seem…dansgardening (54)in outdoors • 5 years agoThe Great Outdoors Vol. 4 - Cross Country Skiing Near Bowman Lake State ParkWelcome back. For a change, today I continue my Great Outdoor series that I began last winter. I am an avid cross country skier, and this winter has featured consistently good ski conditions here…dansgardening (54)in heirloomseeds • 5 years agoFirst Look: The Whole Seed Catalog Heirloom Seeds/Winter Sowing UpdateWelcome Back. Today I will introduce you to a newly discovered heirloom seed source: But first, about a week ago I wrote a post on Winter Sowing. For those of you unfamiliar with this…dansgardening (54)in postingerrors • 5 years agoNeed Help With Posting Errors: Invalid Permalink CharacterCan anyone help me, hoping you can? Recently when I go to publish a post I get an error: Invalid permalink, Then it gives a character, once it gave W, this tine H. Do you know what this means…dansgardening (54)in birds • 5 years ago2020 Great Backyard Bird Count ResultsWelcome back. The 2020 GBBC is in the books. It's always amazing to look at the count results on the website . The numbers are updated in real time. As I write this, over 232,000 checklists…dansgardening (54)in wintersowing • 5 years agoWinter Sowing - Plant Veggies Now Place Outside to Germinate in the Spring - It Really Works!Winter sowing is a technique I have been using for several years. It sounds unbelievable but it really does work. You can plant cold hardy seeds now in containers, place them outside, and they…dansgardening (54)in greatbackyardbirdcount • 5 years agoThe Great Backyard Bird Count Starts Friday February 14th!Welcome back, it's been about a month since my last post. I continue to participate in Project FeederWatch which runs until early April. This Friday marks the start of another citizen science…dansgardening (54)in birds • 5 years agoSimply Photos - Winter BirdsWelcome back to my followers, and a special welcome to my new readers. The strange winter weather continues here in Central NY State as we are about half way through January. This past weekend…dansgardening (54)in projectfeederwatch • 5 years agoHappy New Year!! Project Feederwatch Continues/Growing Greens Outside in WinterWelcome back. Its been awhile since my last post as I have been busy with Christmas and all the festivities. It's hard to believe that 2019 is coming to an end. Happy New Year to all of my…dansgardening (54)in birdwatching • 5 years agoSimply Photos - Project FeederWatch Week 1Welcome back. I hope you enjoyed my last post which introduced Project FeederWatch. I also hope that some of you are participating in this worthwhile project. Week 1 was a great success. I…dansgardening (54)in birdwatching • 5 years agoProject FeederWatch Starts November 9th/Birdfeeder 101Welcome back. As the gardening season has come to an end, my focus will turn to bird watching and bird photography for the winter months. It's time to put up the bird feeders, dust off the…dansgardening (54)in gardening • 5 years agoIt's Garden Cleanup Time! The Growing Season Has Ended/Fall PhotosWelcome back. The growing season has come to an end; on October 4th we had the first killing frost with a temperature of 27 degrees. It's hard to believe it's heading towards the end of October…dansgardening (54)in gardening • 5 years agoHarvesting Onions and a Few Sunflower PhotosWelcome back. October is here and the gardening season has officially ended as we had a kiling frost on Saturday morning October 6th. The temperature plunged to 27 degrees here in the Central New…dansgardening (54)in gardening • 5 years agoFall Harvest ContinuedWelcome back. It's been a month or so since I last posted. Time has been flying by as usual and the gardening season is coming to a close. Soon it will be time to pull the plants and till the…dansgardening (54)in heriloomtomatoes • 5 years agoHarvesting Vegetables - #2Welcome back. Now that I have returned from my vacation in the Canadian Maritimes, I will focus again on the garden. I will re-visit our vacation and write a few additional posts on that as i get…dansgardening (54)in nova • 5 years agoOur Canadian Maritime Vacation - Part 2 - Includes Oak IslandAfter our visit to Prince Edward Island, we headed to Nova Scotia. We stayed in Hubbards near Halifax. The first evening there we visited Peggy's Cove. I would strongly recommend you…dansgardening (54)in partiko • 5 years agoOur Canadian Maritime Vacation - Part 1We have been on vacation now for a week and by the title you can probably guess our destination. However, the maritimes encompasse a lot of territory. Our first location was the beautiful Prince…dansgardening (54)in partiko • 5 years agoHarvesting Vegetables #1Well it's that time of the year, the garden is starting to pay dividends. So far this season I have picked lettuce and kale, however, it has been quite a waiting game for other veggies to…dansgardening (54)in gardening • 5 years agoGarden Update - Upper GardenAs promised, a short update on the upper garden. On the bottom edge, the heirloom tomatoes are coming along nicely with the hot humid weather that tomatoes love. Refer to my earlier posts for…dansgardening (54)in garden • 5 years agoGarden Update - Lower Garden I'm back again, please be patient as I learn Partiko. My laptop is out of commission I'm waiting on a new screen as the current one has dimmed to the point of being hard to see. The gardens are…