agrarian – Black and White

Ecoman

brief visit in Slabtown by ecoman... — brief visit in Slabtown by ecoman… Heartened to hear that Virginia republicans do not support the President’s proposed cuts to the Chesapeake Bay project.

room with a view

bluebird house — Installed bluebird houses #4 and 5, built by Clark Walter following Carl Little’s design. 100% occupancy last year.

Of all the birds a gardener could choose to attract, the bluebird is the quintessential helpful garden bird.
Gardeners go to extreme lengths to attract and keep them in the garden for their advantageous properties. Bluebirds are voracious insect consumers, quickly ridding a garden of insect pests–Wikipedia

Lonoke County

abandoned silos — silos are very persistent in the landscape. These are in the delta of the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers.

Longhorns

three longhorns — Roamed around Hardway Ranch, northwest of Waco. Beautiful land, beautiful cattle. The Texas Longhorns are direct descendants of the first cattle in the New World.

heartland

Northumberland County? — Saturday afternoon, driveabout, Northern Neck of Virginia

roadside vendor

crabs for sale — not what it seems

riparian buffer

Todd, Dan, Cara,, Aiden, Phil and Riley — The crew from CSI arrived in Slabtown midafternoon Saturday.

tree list — In four hours they planted 400 bare root trees

applying weed mats — A triangular pattern. Nature loves geometry. Lots of equilateral triangles.

day of rest

oyster season — Callis, Town Creek, foggy morning in February

Gallus gallus domesticus Rhode Island State bird

Monument in Adamsville — In 1925, the Rhode Island Red Club of America donated funds for this elegant monument to the Rhode Island Red in Adamsville. (The monument is now on the National Register of Historic Places.) Rhode Island is one of only three state birds that is not a species native to the United States.–Wikipedia

there is a rule for everything

headed into the Baylor Grounds — 4VAC20-720-60. Day and time limit.
A. It shall be unlawful to take, catch, or possess oysters on Saturday and Sunday from the public oyster grounds or unassigned grounds in the waters of the Commonwealth of Virginia, for commercial purposes, except that this provision shall not apply to any person harvesting no more than one bushel per day by hand or ordinary tong for household use only during the season when the public oyster grounds or unassigned grounds are legally open for harvest.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to harvest or attempt to harvest oysters prior to sunrise or after 2 p.m. from the areas described in 4VAC20-720-40 B 1 through 17, and 4VAC20-720-40 B 19 and 20. In addition, it shall be unlawful for any boat with an oyster dredge aboard to leave the dock until one hour before sunrise or return to the dock after sunset, and it shall be unlawful for any boat with a hand scrape aboard to leave the dock until one-half hour before sunrise or return to the dock after sunset.