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MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · 1d

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Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Explained

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MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · 2d

Fall flowers, an energy boost for autumn bees who've survived into October. #gardening #🌱

Garden showing lavender and yellow chrysanthemums; pink impatiens; hosta and misc greens.

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MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · 4d

Resting bumblebees on lemon balm flowers. #gardening 🌱 #bees

Several bumblebees sleep on lemon balm flowers.

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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 15d

In a cutting-edge lab, scientists are growing baby corals that can adapt to warming oceans. What they discover could help save reefs around the world. 🪸

The High-Tech Lab Unlocking Secrets Of Coral Reproduction

At a lab in the heart of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, scientists are breeding corals to be more resilient to rising ocean temperatures.

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MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · 16d

Yesterday's walk around the farm: Sassafras leaves from a favorite native North American tree. Young leaves are dried for Creole filé powder or used as aromatic teas; root-bark makes a satisfying flavoring. As a bonus, dried twigs and branches make *excellent* fire starters.
#gardening 🌱

Sassafras leaves turn color as fall begins, showing their distinctive mitten shape.

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MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · 20d

Today's walk around the farm: cottage roses. We love their smell, and we happily share rosehips with our horses as healthy treats. #gardening 🌱 #rosehips

Close-up of pink cottage roses, outside a blue & grey barn.

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MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · 22d

Today's walk around the farm: yellow prairie coneflowers amidst long-leaf grasses. It's a beautiful welcome to Autumn.
#gardening #🌱

Tall ornamental grasses with yellow prairie coneflowers scattered, the last of the season.

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MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · 28d

Today's walk on the farm: a beautiful morning.

Deep pink and orange colors of this morning's sky, behind trees.

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MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · Sep 7

A much-needed gentle rain today. The gardens appreciate.
#gardening #🌱

View of perennial hostas and trees, with green pasture in the background. The view is under a red and black umbrella.

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MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · Sep 5

My tick-patrol was at it again...

A group of five wild turkeys gather inside our horse turnout areas. They returned from tick patrol.
(Photo: S Griffin)

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · Aug 30

Bluesky right now ...

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MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · Aug 29

Today's walk around the farm: pink Rose of Sharon, a late-summer favorite for bees.
#gardening #🌱 #bees

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MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · Aug 19

This lovely wild turkey and her babies paid a visit to our backyard. A turkey can eat up to 200 ticks a day, mother nature's pest control.
#gardening #🌱

Eastern wild turkey hen and two babies in backyard.

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MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · Aug 18

Today's walk on the farm: a cooler and enjoyable late summer morning for our mare, Capra.
#horses #equine

A grey Lipizzan mare peacefully stands in her shaded field, with a barn in the background.

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MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · Aug 11

You're very welcome 🙏

MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · Aug 11

Today's walk on the farm; Yellow Tiger Swallowtail and bee on Phlox
#gardening #🌱 #butterfly

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MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · Aug 11

Saturday's walk around the farm: barn swallows at play, parents and fledglings. They're wonderful pest control for the garden.

(The crunching sound you hear is horses eating their breakfast)
#garden #🌱 #birds

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MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · Aug 10

This summer, we've been blessed by wild turkeys hanging out on the farm.

Three wild turkeys sit on a fence. (Photo by S. Griffin)

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MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · Aug 6

This was part of our Chipmunk sunflower seed distribution system (we also have volunteer potatoes, tomatoes and squash) 😁

MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · Aug 6

I don't know... I've seen my cat chase down a bug. Maybe similar

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MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · Aug 6

Thank you! We've had quite a few days halted because of rain & thunderstorms. Our fingers are crossed for good weather.

MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · Aug 6

Our latest farm project (work in process): replacing 30 yo fencing
#farmfencing #gardening

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MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · Aug 5

Yesterday's walk around the farm: a bee explores one of our volunteer sunflowers.
#gardening #🌱 #bee

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MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · Aug 5

Sorry, lol, we've been busy upgrading fencing. Stay tuned 😊

MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · Jul 14

Today's walk around the farm: perennial phlox has started to bloom, which screams summer for us. With daylillies fading, phlox is now a vital food for bees.
#gardening #🌱

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