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Monthly Archives: July 2015

Wishetwurra Farm: An Interesting Failure.

July 31, 2015by tompostpile 2 Comments

We have just had an interesting failure at Wishetwurra Farm. One of our favored soil-building techniques is to apply nine inches to a foot of manure, usually horse manure, which […]

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2015, Gardening, photograph, Wishetwurra Farm

Yay summer! (Olio)

July 25, 2015by tompostpile 2 Comments

Here are a few photos to celebrate summer. Life is full-summer busy. Kind regards to all, from the Farm.

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2015, Color, Flowers, Gardening, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph, South Beach, Uncategorized, West Tisbury, Wishetwurra Farm

Quissett Beach of a July Morning

July 19, 2015by tompostpile 2 Comments

We went to Quissett Beach with a friend this morning. C and M swam while I walked and looked. There were occupants in the osprey nest in between Oyster Pond […]

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2015, Art, Birds, Flowers, Nature, photograph

Skies over a Showery Sound

July 16, 2015by tompostpile Leave a comment

Tropical-style showers were traveled north as I traveled south on the ferry. One minute’s total overcast  would be replaced by windows to blue in the next. A strong south wind […]

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2015, Ferry, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph, Travel, Woods Hole

Looking Up in the Corn Patch

July 10, 2015by tompostpile 2 Comments

The corn is getting tall. Which means that a good portion of my corn patch time is spent looking up. Here’s what I’ve been seeing while looking up. Then there […]

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2015, Gardening, Nature, photograph

Transfer Shovel Noir

July 5, 2015by tompostpile 3 Comments

  Two recent photos, rendered in black and white, make up this post.   Your comments are solicited.

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2015, Art, photograph

Wishetwurra Farm, July 2015 — Down to the Ground.

July 3, 2015by tompostpile 2 Comments

Hi Emmit! Emmit is Luke’s cat. Outside the garden, the currant bushes are wrapped in tulle. The tulle keeps the catbirds out. The days are long. The nights are short. The […]

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2015, Gardening, photograph, Wishetwurra Farm

July 2015 Begins at Wishetwurra Farm

July 2, 2015by tompostpile 2 Comments

Rain finally came! A few weeks ago we had some small rains, a quarter inch here, a quarter inch there, and got a bit less dusty. Last week we had […]

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2015, Gardening, Martha's Vineyard, photograph, West Tisbury, Wishetwurra Farm

The Wishetwurra Rabbit and a Bouquet

July 1, 2015by tompostpile 3 Comments

July First, 2015, West Tisbury, Massachusetts The rabbit arrived about four o’clock this morning and asked me what I had to say for myself. It being the first day of […]

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2015, Color, Essay, Flowers, Gardening, photograph, Wishetwurra Farm

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