Autumn Has Arrived

Posted on October 1, 2023 by Green Farmacy Garden

Happy Autumn, Friends!

In the past month, while Figs, Autum Olives, and PawPaws ripen and Black Walnuts and Acorns begin to drop, gardeners have observed a juvenile Black Rat Snake climbing our largest beech, hawks screeching above, blue-tailed skinks hugging sun-warmed brick and rocks, and the local feral cat slinking in the barn.

Here are some friends* we’ve managed to snap to share with you:

Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus) fruiting in the woods
PawPaw (Asimina triloba) harvest
Kudzu’s (Pueraria montana var. lobata) flowers smell like grape soda
Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor) mushrooms fruiting on garden border log
Taxomerus spp. visiting Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) briefly waylaid in the garden en route to Central America
Imperial Moth (Eacles imperialis) caterpillar
Imperial Moth (Eacles imperialis) caterpillar
Polistes sp. Paper Wasps guarding their nest built inside our display turtle shell
Helmeted Squash Bug (Euthochtha galeator) on Huacatay (Tagetes minuta)
Orb Weaver Spider (Araneus iviei)
Praying mantis (Tenodera sp.)

*Please note: Animal IDs are amateur, tech-assisted best guesses. We’d love to hear from you if you can share more accurate IDs!

And we’d love to share the wonders of this biodiversity trove this fall. Please join us for any of our upcoming Public Events!

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