This has been a fall to remember here on Huey Lane. August 1st a cat I rescued three days previous had six kittens and our Muscovey duck started setting on a clutch of eggs, late in the season so I was dubious of any survival. One of the driest summers and warmest falls, yet I […]

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We received an interesting bulletin from Penn State that sets forth some of the conditions that are necessary for a brilliant show of fall leaf color.  Leaf change is instigated by the dropping of temperatures. Chlorophyll strops being produced and the xanthophylls and carotenes responsible for the yellows and oranges become visible. Anthocyanins that result […]

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