I always thought of Staghorn Sumac as a bush, not a tree – until we moved to our present house, where two gorgeous Staghorn Sumac trees grace our yard. They are particularly beautiful in autumn. The house is about 23 years old, and I presume the sumacs are around the same age. Sumacs generally sucker [...]
Another storm is on its way. This one is the kind of blizzard you’d expect in January, with 10 to 15 cm (4 to 6 inches) of snow. Atlantic Canada has been in the news lately with a series of storms in December, one week after another. If you just watched the weather channel you [...]
Drive with me from Blockhouse through Cornwall to Cross Road, to Upper Northfield then left on Penny Road to Pinehurst, near New Germany, Lunenburg Co.
Apple blossoms were blooming in Lunenburg last Thursday, which means they’re past their prime in the Annapolis Valley already. The Apple Blossom Festival will apparently be blossom-less. Usually the organizers hit the blossoms right on with their timing, but this year it is generally agreed that spring is 2 to 3 weeks ahead of schedule. [...]
There is a traditional rule that says when the cones are set high in the trees, you can expect a lot of snow the following winter. If it’s true, and if this tree in Feltzen South on Lunenburg Bay is reliable, then we’d all better make sure our snowblowers and plows are working, to say [...]
The things you notice with sunglasses on. This time it was the surprising red colour of a newborn tamarack cone. Even without sunglasses, they’re a beautiful red. Ever since attending a concert by the Nova Scotian children’s entertainers The Wilderbeats, described in Rural Delivery magazine as “Madcap oracles of nature’s voice for a new generation,” [...]
