Tobacco Bloom
The Tobacco in the fields in Eastern North Carolina is beginning to flower. The flowers will be cut off so as to direct growth to the leaves rather than the stalk of flowers. It’s a process called...
View ArticleSun Surfers
These Cosmos have been left to do their thing until the first frost comes along. For now, Solar power is keeping them pretty well juiced. Some have climbed to four feet or more making it easy to get...
View ArticlePhoto Of the Day: Prime Time
Our first crop of Sunflowers hit their prime over the weekend. Our strategy to keep the deer away by planting field corn around the perimeter of the Sunflowers had mixed results. The field pictured...
View ArticlePhoto Of The Day: Carolina Chickadee
For the longest time, we had very few birds fluttering around here then when the rare snow smothered everything, they all came out looking for yummy black oil sunflower seeds. This little Carolina...
View ArticlePhoto of the Week: Standing Tall
A Van Gogh Variety Sunflower greets the sunrise in Eastern North Carolina. Sunflowers appear to be almost immune to the stifling heat here. The heat index has been well over 100 for nearly two week...
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