Timothy Shortell · @brooklynsoc
566 followers · 1517 posts · Server sciences.social
Timothy Shortell · @brooklynsoc
556 followers · 1480 posts · Server sciences.social

Two new deer visit my meadow. 🦌 🦌

#twobucks #ruralvermont

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Timothy Shortell · @brooklynsoc
557 followers · 1479 posts · Server sciences.social

The historic rainfall in Vermont this spring was too much for my tomato plants, but the peppers loved it.

#gardening #zone5 #ruralvermont

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Timothy Shortell · @brooklynsoc
554 followers · 1469 posts · Server sciences.social

I think the wild turkeys have discovered the sunflower seeds I put out each morning. Lots of competition (chipmunks, sparrows, blue jays, and now turkeys). Fun viewing for me and the cats.

#ruralvermont #wildturkey

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Timothy Shortell · @brooklynsoc
553 followers · 1461 posts · Server sciences.social
Timothy Shortell · @brooklynsoc
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Blight has killed the tomato plants so the unripe fruit is starting to fall off, but I should get a bit more before the end. It is a good year for the zucchini and peppers. I'm expecting the habanero harvest to begin soon. Getting lots of sweet peppers too.

#gardening #zone5 #ruralvermont

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Timothy Shortell · @brooklynsoc
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Poetry News · @haikubot
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The Butlers sold their home one day,
To open a clinic far away,
In the rural town of Johnson,
Where people were stricken and broken,
For a new family refuge they'd pray

cnn.com/2023/08/12/us/johnson-

#ruralvermont #clinic #rain #johnson #floods #poetry

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Timothy Shortell · @brooklynsoc
543 followers · 1442 posts · Server sciences.social
Timothy Shortell · @brooklynsoc
541 followers · 1439 posts · Server sciences.social

I see these two deer nearly every day. I sowed a lot of clover for them this spring, but they still prefer to eat my flowers. (Just before I took this photo they were eating the clover. Then they walked over to the cup plant on the left, a favorite of theirs, for dessert.)

#gardening #deer #ruralvermont

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Timothy Shortell · @brooklynsoc
539 followers · 1423 posts · Server sciences.social
Timothy Shortell · @brooklynsoc
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Timothy Shortell · @brooklynsoc
535 followers · 1403 posts · Server sciences.social

Today's harvest. Biggest one yet.

#gardening #zone5 #summersquash #ruralvermont

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Timothy Shortell · @brooklynsoc
535 followers · 1403 posts · Server sciences.social
Timothy Shortell · @brooklynsoc
535 followers · 1397 posts · Server sciences.social

I can't let Doris (the deer) get too close to the gladiolus.

#gardening #zone5 #deer #gladiolus #ruralvermont

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Timothy Shortell · @brooklynsoc
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I have to enjoy them while I can, before they get eaten.

#gardening #dahlia #deer #zone5 #ruralvermont

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Timothy Shortell · @brooklynsoc
532 followers · 1370 posts · Server sciences.social

The bee balm loves all this rain, it seems.

#ruralvermont

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Timothy Shortell · @brooklynsoc
532 followers · 1369 posts · Server sciences.social

Bumblebees love the bee balm.

#gardening #zone5 #ruralvermont #bees

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Timothy Shortell · @brooklynsoc
530 followers · 1363 posts · Server sciences.social

Today's harvest. (Not pictured: the one ripe sungold tomato that didn't make the long journey back to the house.)

#gardening #zone5 #ruralvermont #summersquash #hotpepper #sweetpepper #sungoldtomato

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Timothy Shortell · @brooklynsoc
528 followers · 1337 posts · Server sciences.social

I see these two every day. I call the doe Doris and the fawn Rey.

#ruralvermont #deer #clover

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