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Tag: Maples

Around The Farm: Arboreal Soap Art

30 August 202230 August 2022 ~ Carrie

Just short post today, but what I think is an interesting one, nonetheless. Always enjoying new discoveries, I happened upon something I’d not seen to date here: what looked like a clump of soap bubbles at the base of one of our maple trees. Have you seen this before?

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Around The Farm: Sprouting Samaras

14 May 2021 ~ Carrie

The big silver maple has shed her seeds and is now crowned in green leaves. As I pulled the feed cart to the barn, I noticed that the carpet of samaras (underfoot everywhere in this area beneath the big maple) sported a few that seemed to be sticking straight up out of the ground. I had to take a closer look, right?

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Haiku: Sailing Samaras

6 April 2020 ~ Carrie ~ 1 Comment

The helicopters are here! It’s that time of year: the maples are sending down their seeds via the incredible winged delivery systems called “samaras”. With luck and the right conditions, seedlings will grow from these seeds.

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