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June 29th, 2009, 01:21 AM
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Coming home through wild gardens...
Hazel Run is way out in the boonies.
Most of the surrounding roads are gravel. This, for example, is our "major collector"  --the route that takes most of the traffic between our area and the closest "major" metropolitan area about 45 miles away:My favorite stretch! The bird song here in the early morning will knock your socks off--this time of year it's inhabited by multiple species of thrush  :
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June 29th, 2009, 01:24 AM
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Hazel, it looks like heaven!
Debbie
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June 29th, 2009, 01:33 AM
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Coming home to Hazel Run is like driving through a garden...you have to take it slow and stop frequently to enjoy it.
Yarrow--it's not native, but it's still quite pretty. Native lupine. This is the host plant for the Karner Blue Butterfly--federally endangered, although locally quite common. 'Taking' (destroying) habitat or butterfly without permission can mean huge fines, so the Town maintains a License with the Federal Fish & Wildlife Service that covers us in case we accidentally 'take' while doing routine road maintenance... The local power company and the County are also Partners in the conservation of the species-- the lupine habitat along the roads is managed by both.
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June 29th, 2009, 01:39 AM
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Bird's-foot trefoil
Another non-native that was (and probably still is) used to stabilize disturbed soil along sections of road construction. It's pretty, and persists, but doesn't seem to be particularly invasive... at least it doesn't seem to spread much.  I'm guessing this is in the campanula family, but I'm not sure which species... They're so pretty...and so subtle. You don't really see them till you stop-- you just catch a hint of purplish-blue in the grass as you drive by.
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"We are--each of us--dying; it's how we live in the meantime that makes the difference." "It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived!" "Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle." Last edited by hazelrunpack; June 29th, 2009 at 02:04 AM.
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June 29th, 2009, 01:45 AM
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One of hazel's favorite native plants: Butterfly weed
Right now, most of it looks like this: But in areas that catch a lot of sun, it's already in full bloom
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June 29th, 2009, 01:49 AM
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Some days there's more traffic on the road than others
 We were both stopping to smell the roses, I guess. 
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June 29th, 2009, 01:59 AM
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The road seems to go on forever.
As you travel, an Honor Guard of wildflowers stands at attention on both sides of the road... Eventually, you arrive at Hazel Run... ...where you are greeted by an Honor Guard of a different variety. Be prepared for slobber! If you lived at Hazel Run, You'd be home! 
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"We are--each of us--dying; it's how we live in the meantime that makes the difference." "It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived!" "Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
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August 2nd, 2009, 03:38 PM
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this is what I want , a road like this to get home , but with an enormous gate so no one could get through it's beautiful Hazel
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August 2nd, 2009, 08:52 PM
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Oh, crap! You're right! That's spotted knapweed, so I'll have to give the county a call. They seem to have missed that stretch of road.
Spotted knapweed is an invasive variety that they poison to preserve the Karner Blue Butterfly habitat--that and the leafy spurge are the two main invasives that they come out to treat each year. I should have recognized it by the leaves... My bad... And growler, I think you nailed the mystery plant. I just looked up meadowsweet in my book and it's spot on! Thanks!Frenchy, I've thought about that gate...and armed guardsmen...many times! Oh, to win a huge lottery and buy a township! 
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