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Winding Pathways encourages you to create a wonderous yard, whether that yard is an expansive acreage, a suburban lot or a condominium balcony. Go outside and play!

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Tools to Help With Yard Work

Tools to Help With Yard Work

*Note: Below are just a few examples of several power tools we’ve purchased.  They were pricey but made yard work so much easier than with muscle-powered tools. Occasionally, a company asks us to try a product and give reviews. Yard work was a snap when we were in our...

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Birds Need Grit

Birds Need Grit

Grit is an important source of “food” for birds in winter. Grit helps them grind up seed so they can digest it and extract the nutrients.

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Wooly Bears!

Wooly Bears!

On a warm October afternoon bears were in our yard! Not to worry. They were wooly bears. Caterpillars. We like them and follow them as they scurry along as fast as their tiny legs can go. Where are they going and how do they know how to get there? The answer to the...

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Delightful Wildflower Progression

Delightful Wildflower Progression

Serendipitous Derecho We sat on our back deck one early September evening remarking on the delightful wildflower progression we’ve enjoyed since early April. It is the serendipitous result of a disaster. On August 10, 2020, a derecho’s 140-mile-an-hour wind knocked...

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Furless Tailed Squirrels Revisited

Furless Tailed Squirrels Revisited

A few years ago, after seeing many squirrels with nearly naked tails we researched and posted a blog in February 2022. Furless Tailed Squirrels. The response amazed us. People from around the world visited it and still do every day. We had no idea this condition was...

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Eatin’ Weeds

Eatin’ Weeds

Eatin' Weeds We don’t just pull weeds.  We eat them! Every summer gardeners spend hours pulling, digging, and spraying weeds that pop up overnight and grow like – Weeds!  Marion’s family, especially grew up eatin’ weeds. Raised on a small, hardscrabble New Hampshire...

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