Watching "Gardener's World" stateside via Amazon Britbox -- had no idea that you could have frost in Yorkshire in June and as early as late September.
Clever gardener created a "hot box" for his green-house - wooden box filled with manure and watered -- the composting generates enough heat to keep the green-house frost free.
Clever gardener created a "hot box" for his green-house - wooden box filled with manure and watered -- the composting generates enough heat to keep the green-house frost free.
Yeah, we broke a couple of records on the island and even the interior I think, but now - back your regularly scheduled springtime on the wet coast.
Will the last snowflakes come on Thursday? Next week looks quite different...
Osprey's nest camera - scenery looks very much like at my summer cabin lake
Saaksi – WWF:n Luontolive – WWF Suomi
Osprey's nest camera - scenery looks very much like at my summer cabin lake
Saaksi – WWF:n Luontolive – WWF Suomi
Attachments
Last edited:
No planting outside for a while yet. Leaves are staying low until weather passes. Good year for daffodils, and forsythia they like the cool weather
There's a nest on a power pole by the road we take to go out to eat. They just put a web-cam on it:
Versant Power’s osprey camera goes live - The Ellsworth AmericanThe Ellsworth American
Environmental Responsibility – Versant Power
The Osprey Cam is now live!
Our newly installed osprey camera is live streaming 24/7 in Lamoine. The ospreys have already started construction on their nest.
ABOUT THE PROJECT:
Around coastal areas like Lamoine {Maine USA}, ospreys tend to build nests at the top of utility poles, which presents a danger to the birds while raising the risk of disruptions to electric service. After a 2020 incident with an osprey nest built on a utility pole in Lamoine, Versant Power crews wanted to prevent a future safety risk to the birds as well as the public. As a result, Versant employees designed and built an alternate nesting platform near the pole where the ospreys originally built their nest.
ACCOMMODATING THE OSPREYS:
The platform was built with ospreys’ preferences in mind and required Versant’s environmental team as well as the expertise of outside environmental groups, including the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Because ospreys like to be at the tallest point above the water, Versant crews replaced an existing utility pole with a taller one. Crews installed a square platform with no coverings, as experts tell us the birds prefer to look down and hunt for fish below without any obstructions overhead.
ABOUT THE CAMERA:
The osprey camera is powered entirely by solar energy and is situated on a newly built osprey platform that overlooks the Mud Creek. The camera is powered by EarthCam. Viewers are able to take a screenshot of the camera view and share it via email and social media.
IMPORTANT OSPREY INFORMATION:
It is important to know that ospreys are federally protected birds under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. We worked and continue to work closely with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife in this effort. The intent of the Versant Power osprey camera is solely for the public to observe the birds. Versant Power does not intervene in the natural processes of osprey nesting, which does include death of the young.
Last edited:
I spent some time by the lake to cool down and guess what I saw.
In a small boat North Korean Kim Jong Un was out fishing with his entourage
Impressive weight distribution. Wonder how much it would take to plane like that.