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Jean Wirth @jwirth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Well, I won’t have your experience but I expect to learn some meaningful things as I read.

Jean Wirth @jwirth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thanks for the recommendation; I just borrowed The Berry Pickers from the library.

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Jean Wirth @jwirth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’m old now, but your haiku brought back a memory of sitting on my grandmother’s lap on the porch rocking chair, as her hands on my legs kept time with the motion. Thank you.

Jean Wirth @jwirth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I guess many people aren’t old enough to remember smoggy cities and acid rain, but Trump is old enough. Sickening, literally and figuratively.

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Jean Wirth @jwirth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Use them up and throw them away. What an awful country we have become.

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NPR @npr.org · 11/09/2026

After 9/11, thousands of rescue and cleanup crews went to work at ground zero. They were exposed to toxic debris and experienced psychological trauma. Today, many say they live in fear of deportation. n.pr/4xPdcvp

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They cleaned up ground zero. Now many are hiding from ICE

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Jean Wirth @jwirth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The blue mist plants spread around my Maryland garden, preferring the wet area but quite happy anywhere. It does better in dry areas than great blue lobelia.

Jean Wirth @jwirth.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Thrilling! I saw one years ago in our backyard. It’s good to know they’re still around.

Ron Charles @roncharles.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

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Public libraries are fighting book bans, funding cuts, political interference, and harassment of librarians. Meanwhile, publishers are worried that libraries are lending too many ebooks. This week’s newsletter: Read the Room. roncharles.substack.com/p/libraries-...

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Libraries Are Not the Problem

A new publishing-industry study takes aim at ebook lending just as public libraries are fighting for their lives.

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That’s definitely an on-going problem in the DC suburbs too.

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Good action photo! Poor little mouse.

Erin Arden @erinarden.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

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Looked under the bed to see what all the commotion was about… #catandmouse #catsofbluesky

Under bed: gray carpet and gray storage box. White and gray cat with big eyes creeping behind a small gray mouse.

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I’ve done some of that too. 😑 Happily, though, some plants have been relocating themselves to wetter areas, like Great Blue Lobelia. This year it’s done well all over because we’ve had consistent summer rain, but other years it has died before it blooms.

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Adam Welz @adamwelz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Not too big, not too small, but just right. A house sparrow enjoys the cap of a rain gauge. #birds #maryland

A house sparrow is snuggled down in the bowl-shaped cap of a rain gauge cap.

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*Why Gardens Matter* New post on the South Peninsula Nature Alliance site Sign up to my newsletter as I figure out better ways of saving species in a global biodiversity hotspot, which includes my own backyard #conservation #climate #capetown adamwelz.ghost.io/why-gardens-...

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Why Gardens Matter

Some of you may be wondering why I’m so concerned about what gets planted in gardens. Why is the South Peninsula Nature Alliance, a conservation project, putting a good amount of its time, creativity ...

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Jean Wirth @jwirth.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Thanks for the info. I would have preferred that.

Jean Wirth @jwirth.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

That looks great, Kristi. My goldenrod grows much taller than everything else and looks ridiculous, sticking up here and there. Also, the showy goldenrod has rust and looks awful. I’ve got to dig it out, which isn’t easy.

Jean Wirth @jwirth.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

That’s a wonderful front garden!

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Jean Wirth @jwirth.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I was hoping that the article would tell me something new, positive, concrete that I can do. 🤷🏼

I love how it is drinking from that tiny space, rather than the wide-open water.

I think this would have been their third year. Maybe they’ll return next year. 🤞

My tiny garden produced about half that many green beans. For dinner last night, my husband and I each had three. ☺️ I have hopes for more beans but, alas, blight and squirrels have decimated the tomatoes.

Mine didn’t even come up. I’ve noticed on walks that much of the Common Milkweed didn’t bloom. Maybe the early heat and then the late freeze we had in this area is the reason. 😕

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My garden looks a lot like your garden: lots of rudbeckia. Thinking about a few years from now, I’m wondering if the rudbeckia will have taken over my entire garden. I imagine the obedient plant will hold its own, but I’m not sure about everything else. 🤷🏼

It’s a paved path that goes around the lake.

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Just a tad larger than the beaver. 😊 That’s thrilling.

The lake is just a few feet away. Maybe he’s looking for good lodge-building material.

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We had one near us not far from Rockville some years ago. It was building a dam but moved on; at least I hope that’s why we only saw it once.

I don’t know. Years ago, I saw one from a distance and it looked quite large. Particularly so since I was using binoculars and it was walking towards me. Whoa!