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Steen School Family Science Night
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On January 23rd, Lillian M. Steen School's PTO hosted a Family Science Night. We have over 20 teachers and Bogota High School students help the kids perform over 15 experiments at different stations set up throughout the gym. Pictured is Adam Meberg. A Steen School 2nd grader. His experiment was ... |
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Bogota
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NJ
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Purple Hazy Shade of Winter
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While everything around them are succumbing to the inevitable transition to fall, these purple wildflowers continue to remind us of the beauty of summer.
-Jim Davidson, River Edge |
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NJ
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Lemon Tree In Waldwick
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This Lemon Tree was a gift to my Dad over 60 years ago. I inherited it and it continues to produce fruit but in small amounts. Like my Dad I like to look at the lemons grow rather than pick them. Hence, the tree produces very large lemons! |
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Waldwick
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NJ
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Beautiful Montauk Daisies
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While I'm not at my new home for a full year yet, I'm still surprised by what pops up in my backyard flower garden. All summer this lovely "bush" was a deep green - but that was it. Mom stated just wait... it is a Montauk Daisy and it will ... |
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Clifton
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NJ
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Repeat Blooming Crocuses
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Crocus are known for being some of the first blooms in our garden, normally in February and March, but today, October 17, I came upon this small group of crocus in bloom under a large white pine tree. |
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Riverdale
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NJ
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Black Walnut Tree
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Top of a black walnut tree against the morning sky. Although, it's shed most of its leaves, if you look closely you'll see a large amount of baseball size fruit waiting to drop. The walnuts are enclosed in a green, leathery, fleshy husk which has a faint lemon smell. Fruits ... |
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Riverdale
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NJ
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HOT! HOT! HOT!
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I've grown tomatoes every year for the past 20 years and I usually have a pretty nice and varied herb garden in pots on my patio as well. This year I decided to try a few different hot peppers and the Habaneros I planted just took off. I'd say ... |
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Giant Puff Ball Mushroom
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Usually these big mushrooms pop-up around Labor Day, but this year they've arrived a month late. They grow randomly in one particular area of our property that's very wooded, and where the ground is covered with a dense layer of decomposing leaves. This big guy measures 12" across! |
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Riverdale
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NJ
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Butterfly Orchid - Psychopsis Papilio
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One of the most beautiful of all orchids; our butterfly orchid produces a long succession of blooms from July through September. It's flowers grow on long spikes and sport antenna-like sepals and petals. We found that it does best on an area of our deck that enjoys dappled sunlight, with ... |
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Riverdale
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NJ
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False Dragonhead and True Turkeys
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Physostegia virginiana (obedient plant, obedience, or false dragonhead) is a species of flowering plant in the mint family. I have no idea how this pretty patch of false dragonhead is in our yard but it grows bigger every year.
It is considered a good plant for adding late-season flowers ... |
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Autumn Bright Spot
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Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ (Stonecrop) -- The long-blooming flowers change from deep pink to copper. Offering a home to all those potted Autumn Joys that were kicked-to-the-curb last Fall paid off. |
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NJ
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Autumn Bright Spot
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Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ (Stonecrop) -- The long-blooming flowers change from deep pink to copper. Offering a home to all those potted Autumn Joys that were kicked-to-the-curb last Fall paid off. |
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NJ
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Yellow Begonias
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In May I bought these beautiful large flowered tuberous begonias for the pots on my porch railing. They have never stopped blooming and look as good in late September as they did when I bought them. I am looking forward to using them again next year. |
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Paramus
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NJ
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Moonflower
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Not a morning glory, the moonflower, ipomoea alba, is glorious in the evening. They unfurl their huge flowers at dusk and last for just one night. I started these from seed in April but they didn't begin to bloom until September. It's a long wait, but worth it! |
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Allendale
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NJ
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Finally Fall Flavors
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After years of planting a variety of flowers in a wooden barrel on my front porch, only to lose them to fall weather, I decided to try my hand at planting Telltale Heart and Marguerite Sweet Potato Coleus.
It look a lot of watering, but the time spent nurturing ... |
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Wayne
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NJ
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Ichiban Eggplant
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I started growing Ichiban Eggplant about 2 years ago. The ichiban eggplant is long narrow (purple in color) eggplant with very little seeds compared to the traditional eggplant you purchase at your local grocery store. I highly recommend growing this eggplant which has given me much harvest during the summer ... |
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NJ
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Butterfly on a pink zinnia
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We bought a flower kit for our daughter to plant her own flowers, and we ended up with dozens of beautiful pink zinnias like this one. They are very attractive to bees, moths and this butterfly, which spent about 2 hours flying from bloom to bloom. |
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What is the name of the Flower/Plant?
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During the first week of August, my wife and I happened to be looking into the dark and dense wetlands portion of our property when we caught a glimpse of some light pink flowers in the distance. We've been living here for nine years now and have never seen anything ... |
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Riverdale
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NJ
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Just a snack
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This is the Purple Coneflower with a Tiger Swallowtail stopping by for a quick snack. The best thing about these flowers is that they require no upkeep or special care. And they attract all the best creatures both big and small. |
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NJ
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Heart of the Garden
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This is a photo from a shrub I have growing in my yard. It's called Spiraea Japonica Shibori. The shrub produces many tiny flower clusters. This particular one caught my eye because of it's heart shape. |
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Poughquag
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NY
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North American Pitcher Plant
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This is a unknown hybrid Sarracenia that I have growing in my yard for several years. I have a hundred or so North American Pitcher Plants, both hybrid and species. My carnivorous plant collection started in New Jersey, where I grew up, and continued with me when we moved to ... |
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Poughquag
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NJ
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HOW TO MAKE COLORFUL LEAFS
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THIS PHOTO IS OF A PLANT WITH T BEAUTIFUL LEAFS THAT I HAVE PRODUCED THROUGH CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION. TO VIEW THESE PLEASE VISIT AND LOOK FOR YOURSELF AND BRING YOUR CAMERA. TO GIVE YOU A HINT ON HOW THIS WAS DONE I HAVE NAMED THEM "LEAVES FROM THE PAINTED DESERT". ... |
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WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
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NJ
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Daylilies
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Hurrah for the Daylilies in my garden plus another great blue flower I don't have the name for.
All wonderful in this heat! |
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West Milford
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NJ
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North Jersey's Largest Garden
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We recently took a Eco-Criuse of North Jersey's largest natural garden, the Meadowlands. Millions pass by this gem every year, it deserves a closer look. The brackish and freshwater marshes are dominated by the common reed (Phragmites australis) and cordgrass (Spartina) |
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Ramsey
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NJ
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Anthony & Gina`s Summer Garden
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Our 7th year planting a Garden. We picked the first zuchinni of the season. In a few more weeks we`ll have plenty of tomatoes to share with our family & neighbors. ... |
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wayne
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NJ
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July 4
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Hydranges and impatience at Lindy's Lake on July 4, 2013. |
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West Milford
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NJ
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Honeybee in Clover
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Some homeowners might consider clover a weed in their lawns, but we have mixed clover seeds with grass seeds when seeding bare spots in our lawn. Clover is drought-resistant and, being a legume, fixes nitrogen in the soil. Best of all, clover attracts honeybees, which have been in decline in ... |
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Blooming Cactus
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This cactus was saved from my daughter's home in Ewing. It stays outside all winter and is usually neglected, but is obviously happy. |
| City: |
Rutherford
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NJ
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