Giving thanks for another good year in the garden and for family and friends. BeetBear and his friend Moley are making the list for our PlantsGiving plant tally. The blueberry pie alone has 9 AND the blueberries are home-grown. Pot-o-Carrots still producing too. Lots of food to eat later. Count up those botanicals, people! #PlantsGiving #Thanksgiving #PlantAwareness #Botany #BeetBear #Gardening #NewEngland

Just finished entering the data for week # four of this season's Project Feeder Watch. The data may be viewed here:

Project FeederWatch - Count Summary

We had 19 species and 124 individuals this week, including a rare sighting of a Northern Flicker. The Red-Winged Blackbirds have gone, but the Grackles are back in lower numbers. The Red Shouldered Hawk is still hanging around making everyone nervous. Still one chipmunk stocking up on seed. #Birds #ProjectFeederWatch #NewEngland #Gardening #Allotment

Got down to 25°F / -4°C overnight. I'll be chipping ice off the trays of water for the birds. At least the sun is shining now, so I expect thawing by noon... off now to do bird counts. #ProjectfeederWatch #Birds #Gardening #Allotment #NewEngland

The seed catalogs have started to arrive (seems early to me) and at least one of the companies might have a wrong idea about just how big my garden might be. Either that, or I am under estimating costs this year... #Gardening #Allotment #NewEngland #Zone6b #Seeds

I don't need a calendar to tell #Thanksgiving is almost here. The Thanksgiving cactus (Schlumgera truncata) is putting on a show again. Not technically part of Thanksgiving dinner, but part of the decor so I'm including the #Plantsgiving tag as well. #BloomScrolling #NewEngland #Gardening

For #Plantsgiving, #BeetBear suggests one of his favorite tipples, which in itself contributes 22 separate botanicals to the list. #gardening #NewEngland #Thanksgiving #Botany #PlantAwareness