Farming/Nature
Friending a Skunk
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As the days get shorter, I need to get psychologically prepared to say goodbye to some of my animal companions.
The Suffield Observer (https://thesuffieldobserver.com/category/farmingnature/page/38/)
As the days get shorter, I need to get psychologically prepared to say goodbye to some of my animal companions.
In a traditional Suffield late-summer activity, these farmhands are spearing a healthy crop of broadleaf and loading the lath on a tobacco rack to be hauled off to the curing sheds.
I come from a long line of insomniacs. Growing up, after tossing and turning for hours, my dad would make at least one nightly pilgrimage into the kitchen in search of a little snack to help him sleep.
A Markowski farmhand maneuvers a big combine barely fitting under the wires of a shade tobacco field on Babb’s Road in mid-July.
These two owls were pictured at the same time one day in the photographer’s yard on Susan Drive.
The Suffield Farmers’ Market also includes a few sales booths for related products.
The photographer’s grandsons are pictured with the large snapping turtle caught on a fly rod by Jonas (holding the turtle).
Images of boll weevils, potato bugs and leaf beetles hardly help the general public to nurture their fondness for beetles. Suffice it to say that there is no shortage of beetles on the planet, as they make up the largest order of insects and are adaptable enough to dwell in diverse environments.