RE: Book Progress, The Heat Dome, and Our Complicated Relationship with Mother Nature
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Prairie Fire Crabs - my favorite crab apple. The beetles are a nuisance, but they have a fairly short time in the garden. I quite simply removed almost every plant they seemed to like in my yard, especially rhubarb and sweet potatoes. I've left the raspberries because I didn't think the beetles bothered them to the point of their being unproductive. I suspect the beetles are drawn to reddish colored foliage, btw.
Celerity indeed! The dang word appeared in the book I am currently reading!
Love the prologue. Excited for the book!
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I really like the Prairie Fire variety. The color is amazing in spring and it's supposed to be fairly drought and disease tolerant. I was amazed how quickly the beetles appeared—seemingly overnight. We battled them for years on our grapevines and raspberries at our previous house.
It's so strange how we begin to notice certain things everywhere sometimes. I always take that as a message from the universe.
Thank you my friend! I'm so excited about this. I'm already planning my next one, which will be a collection of essays.