Donna L. Long on In Season

Donna L. Long on In Season I'm a writer, naturalist and environmental educator living in Philadelphia in the beautiful Delaware River Valley. I blog about backyard and urban nature.

In Season can be found at http://donnallong.com

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07/21/2025

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07/12/2025

Clumping for neatness. For my neat and tidy friends, I suggest these plants which grow in easily managed clumps....

Kuwohi (Clingman's Dome) Standing on top of the Smoky Mountains - Subscribers only.
06/05/2024

Kuwohi (Clingman's Dome) Standing on top of the Smoky Mountains - Subscribers only.

My cousins and I traveled to the highest point in the Smoky Mountains, and I didn’t pass out from the climb! I was so proud of myself.

My trip to the Smoky Mountain temperate rainforest. Subscriber content only.
06/01/2024

My trip to the Smoky Mountain temperate rainforest. Subscriber content only.

I share photos of our cabin in the clouds in the Appalachian mountains.

Summer is bursting at the seams with life and activity. It is early but it feels like summer is here and spring is long ...
05/25/2024

Summer is bursting at the seams with life and activity. It is early but it feels like summer is here and spring is long gone....

We study nature close to home. We focus on nature journaling, native plants, attracting birds and butterflies.

In early spring, this butterfly looks quite ragged. They spend the winter hibernating in crevices and beneath the bark o...
05/18/2024

In early spring, this butterfly looks quite ragged. They spend the winter hibernating in crevices and beneath the bark of trees....

We study nature close to home. We focus on nature journaling, native plants, attracting birds and butterflies.

The English Cottage Garden by Andrew Sankey is not like any other book I have read on cottage style gardening. Andrew Sa...
05/11/2024

The English Cottage Garden by Andrew Sankey is not like any other book I have read on cottage style gardening. Andrew Sankey is a stand-out expert on the topic. ...

The English Cottage Garden by Andrew Sankey is not like any other book I have read on cottage style gardening. Andrew Sankey is a stand-out expert on the topic.

Violets are garden work horses. They deliver spring beauty, scent, color, and food for pollinators. And in many instance...
05/04/2024

Violets are garden work horses. They deliver spring beauty, scent, color, and food for pollinators. And in many instances they show up for free....

We study nature close to home. We focus on nature journaling, native plants, attracting birds and butterflies.

Since changing my backyard flower and habitat garden by adding a kitchen garden with vegetables, herbs, and fruit, the v...
04/27/2024

Since changing my backyard flower and habitat garden by adding a kitchen garden with vegetables, herbs, and fruit, the variety of insects, birds, and other creatures has increased. This past summer I got such a thrill when I spotted first time visitors among the flowers and vegetables. Some were welcome and some weren't. If you grow fruits, berries and vegetables that fruit (tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, beans, peas, eggplant, etc.), you'll need someone to pollinate the flowers that appear on these plants…...

  Since changing my backyard flower and habitat garden by adding a kitchen garden with vegetables, herbs, and fruit, the variety of insects, birds, and other creatures has increased. This past…

Food gardening is a subversive act. Growing your own food locally and often in your own backyard, puts power in your han...
04/20/2024

Food gardening is a subversive act. Growing your own food locally and often in your own backyard, puts power in your hands. If you listen to corporate merchants we are too inept to provide for our own basic needs of life: food, water, clothing and shelter. These corporations tell us they can do this things much better than we can at high efficiency and cheaper prices....

Food gardening is a subversive act. Growing your own food locally and often in your own backyard, puts power in your hands. If you listen to corporate merchants we are too inept to provide for our …

Asterisms are a group of bright stars easily seen in the night sky. They are not constellations, per se, as constellatio...
04/13/2024

Asterisms are a group of bright stars easily seen in the night sky. They are not constellations, per se, as constellations actually have a meaning we probably don't realize. What is an Asterism? An asterism is a group of stars, bright stars that are easy to see in the night sky. Different people in various cultures also recognize these same patterns and may refer to them by different names....

Asterisms are a group of bright stars easily seen in the night sky. They are not constellations, per se, as constellations actually have a meaning we probably don’t realize. What is an Asteri…

Saying a star is in the region of the constellation is like saying a thing is in the boundaries of the state of Pennsylv...
04/06/2024

Saying a star is in the region of the constellation is like saying a thing is in the boundaries of the state of Pennsylvania. Don't get it, neither did I....

Saying a star is in the region of the constellation is like saying a thing is in the boundaries of the state of Pennsylvania. Don’t get it, neither did I.

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