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Autumn 2022
The leaves have been amazing here in the mountains of Southwest Virginia this year. I compiled some of my drone footage from the past two weeks into a YouTube video. I made the two audio tracks in July of 2020. Check it out! 🙂 I might make another post with more pictures soon.
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Watermelons
Over the last several weeks I have been harvesting my first home-grown watermelons. This was my second year growing watermelons, but last year I didn’t get them in the ground soon enough and they didn’t have time to fully ripen. This year I was sure not to make the same mistake. I planted two varieties—Ali…
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Hummingbirds
Last summer I was potting some plants and I left a bag of garden soil sitting on my porch. The bag had a picture of some flowers on it, and one day while I was standing in the kitchen looking out the window, I noticed that hummingbirds were coming up to the bag and trying…
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Garden Stuff
The garden I have been working on is now in its second year. Since most of last year was spent building a fence and setting things up, this is the first year it has produced much. Last year I planted a couple apple trees, a plum tree, two hazel shrubs, and two mulberry trees. The…
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Box Turtle Season
In the area of Southwest Virginia where I am located, June seems to be a very active time for box turtles. I saw several last year, and I was happy to see a few of the same turtles again this year, along with a few new ones. I’m trying to keep track of which ones…
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Hollyhocks are Blooming
The hollyhocks that I planted last summer are blooming for the first time this week. I got these at the grocery store as starts. They were labeled as “Chater’s Mix Hollyhock”. The description said they would feature a range of colors, but so far I’m only getting pink. I certainly can’t complain, though, they are…
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Bear Cubs
I was ecstatic to get a video of a black bear with cubs for the first time on my trail cameras last week. Wait until the very end of the video for a glimpse of the second bear cub. The camera only takes 30 seconds of video at a time, and the cub was too…
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Welcome!
Hello! My name is Wilson Nash, I am a web developer, designer, and SEO, and this is my first post on my new website. I just started this blog a few hours ago with WordPress. I plan on using it to share musings on a wide variety of topics, from web development and SEO, to…