These are some of the things to watch for as the world comes back into bloom.

JULY 2

Ghost pipes push up through forest floor. Ghost pipes are a chlorophyll free true flower that grows on forest organic matter and sets a seed for the next generation.

JULY 5

Black-eyed Susans brighten meadows and roadsides..

JULY 6

Deer flies bite on hot days especially near forested water features.

MAY 7

Look for chrysalis of Monarch Butterflys on milkweed.

JULY 10

Red milkweed beetles feed on aphids on milkweed leaves.

JULY 14

Fireflies brighten the forest edge when darkness spreads, especially on warm humid nights.

JULY 16

Hummingbirds feed on flowers by day and hummingbird moths feed on the same flowers by night.

JULY 19

Woodchucks (the gardners nemesis) feed on lawns and in fields, often early and late in the day.

JULY 23

Listen at dusk for the “EEEET” call of fledgling Great Horned Owls asking their parents for food.

JULY 21

Shore birds that nested in the far north teach their young where to go and where to stop for food on their migration south.

JULY 30

Bees and butterflies flock to Queen Anns Lace flowers in lawns and meadows.