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		<title>Garden Journaling</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 05:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Biotime Log]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A garden "biotime" journal can help you to slow down, be a better observer, and feel more connected to nature and its rhythms. It is not only an important tool for review, it can also change the way you see things -- and it might also bring a sense of calm in a very chaotic world. I highly recommend keeping one. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>December Deluge and a Silent Night</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 07:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[December garden]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[December brought us torrential rains, wild winds, flooding, and more. It also brought people together through rescue efforts and holiday celebrations. We are thankful we were not severely affected by recent storms; our hearts go out to all those who face losses of life and property. The solstice, holidays, and new year all give us an opportunity to pause and reflect. Let us cultivate compassion and help one another in the year ahead!]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fruits of November</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 05:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fruits]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[autumn abundance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backyard birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bird feeder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecological gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fall fruits]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[November fruits]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wind, rain, fog - wild weather! Piles of leaves, lots of bird action, and So. Many. Fruits!   In November!    Gotta Love It!]]></description>
		
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		<title>October Magic</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 18:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Garden Log]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[willow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garden Portals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[October changes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[October garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[October garden magic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[secret gardens]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[October has a certain urgency to it -- so much to do: harvesting produce and getting ready for winter, all while juggling weather extremes. But it is also full of magic and mystery! Portals, once hidden in the overgrowth of summer, now reveal themselves....Keep an eye out for them. The birds will tell you where they are.
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		<title>Spectacular September!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[ecology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[September is jaw-dropping gorgeous with all the changing colors, migrating geese, salmon in the rivers, and abundance in the gardens. The weather is not too hot; not too cold. The photos tell the story in this post. I love September.
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		<title>The Last Hurrah of August </title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 20:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[garden overwhelm]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[peachicks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[summer]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Is August crazy? The heat, bugs, smoky skies, and too little rain ... so much fruit, we can't keep up ... with its tall, bold flowers, August is summer's last fling. Got overwhelm? I've got a cure for you.  Oh, and check out the photos of the new peachicks. Adorable!]]></description>
		
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		<title>Abundant July</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2025 06:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[flowers & beeplants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fruits]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[abundance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cherries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[July flowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[July weather]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[July goes crazy with cherries, berries, herbs, and flowers - abundant everything everywhere! July weather, hungry crows, lots of pretty photos, and 4 bucks with velvet antlers hanging out in the backyard! Perhaps it's all a bit much?]]></description>
		
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		<title>June Tunes: A Song of Garden Chaos</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 02:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[bees]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garden Log]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[June]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[June blooms]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[natural predators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opossum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peacocks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peafowl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peafowl chicks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[raccoon]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A lot going on here. What it is, ain't exactly clear. June was garden chaos at it's best, or worst, depending on perspective. Bee swarms, wild animal visits in broad daylight, attacks in the night.... I bushwhacked through grass, thistle, bindweed, and bramble to find my way through this thicket of life...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why I Like to Sleep Outside on a Hot Summer Night</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2025 20:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We feel like kids sleeping outside in a tent in our own backyard! But then there are the peacocks at 4 am ... and the full moon like a flashlight in your face ... Still - we wait all year for nights like this! ]]></description>
		
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		<title>New Bees 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 07:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[bees]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apis mellifera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beekeeping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honey bees]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[how to save the world]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A swarm of honey bees has decided to move into one of our empty Warré hives at Barbolian Fields. Thoughts about honey bees and native pollinators. Is there room for both?]]></description>
		
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		<title>May Daze, May Flowers, and Mayhem</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 06:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[bees]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Garden Log]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pollinators]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[biolog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bumblebees]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[garden log]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[invasive plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[May flowers]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In May, birds are busy feeding fledglings, everything is blooming at once, the air is filled with bees and cottonwood fluff, and we are being invaded by peacocks.]]></description>
		
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		<title>April Was Delightful</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2025 06:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[April]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[April was delightful – from a gorgeous full-moon to the outburst of magnolia and fruit tree blossoms. Birds are off building nests; migratory birds are returning; irrigation is back on; we built a new willow fence to keep the deer out of the raspberries. Meanwhile, we are being invaded by ants, bindweed, and peacocks. RUh roh.]]></description>
		
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		<title>March: The Month of Firsts</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 06:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Garden Log]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[daffodils]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[early spring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[early spring plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecological gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equinox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first blooms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lunar eclipse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[March blooms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[March garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[March gardening tasks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spring]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[First ...
Daffodils and Dandelions
Red Flowering Currants
Nanking Cherry and Honeyberry Blossoms
Purple Deadnettle, Stinging Nettles, and Chickweed 
Bumblebees, Ladybugs, Butterflies
FROGS
First Total Lunar Eclipse! 
AND the long-awaited First Day of Spring]]></description>
		
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		<title>February Flurries and Furies</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Garden Log]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backyard habitat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cooper's hawk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doves]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eurasian Collared-dove]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[February]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[garden log]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[late-winter blooms]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[opossum]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[February: Nature decides to have one last fling with Winter. The days get longer, the winds blow stronger. Rain, snow, pockets of sun, 50 shades of gray. Hawks, doves, opossums, and the promise of spring! It's crazy out there! ]]></description>
		
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		<title>February Already! January Recap</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garden Log]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backyard birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biotime Log]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden journal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[January flowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[living willow sculpture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[signs of spring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willows]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Recap of the January garden: backyard birds, berries and seed heads, skeletal living willow sculptures, and Yes! flowers! Half-way between the winter solstice and the spring equinox! Days are getting longer! Should you track the changes with a journal of some sort? Maybe!]]></description>
		
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		<title>October Turning</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 06:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecological Gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autumn fruits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autumn garden]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fall flowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fall fruits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden chores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting ready for winter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[October chores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[October garden]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[seasonal changes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[And suddenly it is the end of October! Time to get ready for winter! This post highlights what is blooming, fruiting, and transforming before our very eyes! It would be one of those "October Chores" posts, but instead offers ideas on what we *should* be doing if we weren't so sidetracked by all the beauty around us!]]></description>
		
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		<title>Into the Wind</title>
		<link>https://barbolian.com/into-the-wind/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 22:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Life and Gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[January]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Northwest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resilience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[storms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[January has brought a roller coaster of weather, from unseasonably warm to freezing cold and snow in the PNW. How will we face the storms ahead? Take a lesson from the birds.]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Time for Reflections</title>
		<link>https://barbolian.com/reflections-2023/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2023 03:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[abundance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[raindrops]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The end of the year is often a time for reflections. Here are a few I found this morning. Enjoy!]]></description>
		
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		<title>On the Edge of Winter in the Garden</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2023 05:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecological Gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life and Gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[December flowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[December garden photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gardening for wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter fruits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter solstice]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A photo tour of what is growing at Barbolian Fields while I try to get some leaves raked up and put down for mulch, but mostly just get sidetracked!]]></description>
		
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		<title>Winter Solstice: A time to stop, listen, give thanks, and move forward</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2022 05:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[save the planet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solstice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tipping point]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unknown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a heartfelt post about facing death and also new beginnings. This solstice is an opportunity to join fellow creatures in saving the planet and all its miraculous wild places.]]></description>
		
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