Farming/Nature
The Beauty of Nature
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Praying Mantis on Chrysanthemums
Farming/Nature
Delicate Butterfly
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A black swallowtail butterfly feeds on a zinnia on Bridge Street.
Farming/Nature
Three New Tobacco Sheds Built
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This spring, a New York contractor who specializes in farm structures was hired to build three curing sheds for two Suffield tobacco farmers and a few more in Southwick.
Farming/Nature
Loading Another Rack
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Bielonko farmhands had tobacco stalks up to be hooked onto lath for transportation and hanging.
Farming/Nature
Small, But Mighty
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It’s time to say goodbye to our smallest migratory bird, the ruby throated hummingbird, as they set off for their winter feeding grounds in the tropics.
Farming/Nature
Tropical Storm Isaias Hits Hard
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The brief, severe, spotty wind storm that hit the western part of Connecticut on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 4, was just about everything it was forecast to be when Tropical Storm Isaias passed by on its way north. Everything, that is, but rain, and that’s something we really needed — there were only a few sprinkles.
Farming/Nature
Butterfly Wings
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An eastern tiger swallowtail drinks nectar from a butterfly bush on Bridge Street.
Farming/Nature
Wildlife Processions March On
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Back when our kids were still in our clutches, any road trip usually was centered around wildlife. We’d head off in search of birds with more spectacular plumage, reptiles not found in our back forty and mammals more elusive than the grey squirrels.
