For these sparrows the suet feeder in a Commonwealth Avenue garden is part diner and part amusement park.
While the flock of sparrows took turns at the feeder, on a nearby branch a woodpecker found his own supply of tasty tidbits.
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For these sparrows the suet feeder in a Commonwealth Avenue garden is part diner and part amusement park.
While the flock of sparrows took turns at the feeder, on a nearby branch a woodpecker found his own supply of tasty tidbits.
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How cold has it been in Boston lately? Cold enough for the rhododendron leaves to begin to curl. And, cold enough for some of our readers to dig out a post from 2008 to learn about it. So, here's a bit of that readers' choice for those of you who have discovered BostonZest, in more recent times.
Rhododendrons can be used as a natural thermometer, if you learn the signals their leaves are giving you.
This photo (above) was taken mid-winter as the leaves were beginning to tighten into their most protective roll.
Garth Wedemire over at The Amercian Rhododendron Society says, "Leaves of rhododendrons respond to cold by first drooping…then curling up.
At 25° or thereabouts…the leaves droop and curl, and by 20°, they are curled so tightly that they look like green pencils. Once the temperature drops below 20°, they can't curl up much tighter, and only a non-living thermometer will do."
Here's the page with Garth Wedemire's article.
Here's what the leaves look like when it is under 20 degrees.
He says this is a defensive reaction designed to prevent moisture loss from the leaves. These plants will show some drooping and curling in extreme heat as well.
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How cold has it been in Boston lately? Cold enough for the rhododendron leaves to begin to curl. And, cold enough for some of our readers to dig out a post from 2008 to learn about it. So, here's a bit of that readers' choice for those of you who have discovered BostonZest, in more recent times.
Rhododendrons can be used as a natural thermometer, if you learn the signals their leaves are giving you.
This photo (above) was taken mid-winter as the leaves were beginning to tighten into their most protective roll.
Garth Wedemire over at The Amercian Rhododendron Society says, "Leaves of rhododendrons respond to cold by first drooping…then curling up.
At 25° or thereabouts…the leaves droop and curl, and by 20°, they are curled so tightly that they look like green pencils. Once the temperature drops below 20°, they can't curl up much tighter, and only a non-living thermometer will do."
Here's the page with Garth Wedemire's article.
Here's what the leaves look like when it is under 20 degrees.
He says this is a defensive reaction designed to prevent moisture loss from the leaves. These plants will show some drooping and curling in extreme heat as well.
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Photography: © 2008 and © 2013 Penny Cherubino
Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.
How cold has it been in Boston lately? Cold enough for the rhododendron leaves to begin to curl. And, cold enough for some of our readers to dig out a post from 2008 to learn about it. So, here's a bit of that readers' choice for those of you who have discovered BostonZest, in more recent times.
Rhododendrons can be used as a natural thermometer, if you learn the signals their leaves are giving you.
This photo (above) was taken mid-winter as the leaves were beginning to tighten into their most protective roll.
Garth Wedemire over at The Amercian Rhododendron Society says, "Leaves of rhododendrons respond to cold by first drooping…then curling up.
At 25° or thereabouts…the leaves droop and curl, and by 20°, they are curled so tightly that they look like green pencils. Once the temperature drops below 20°, they can't curl up much tighter, and only a non-living thermometer will do."
Here's the page with Garth Wedemire's article.
Here's what the leaves look like when it is under 20 degrees.
He says this is a defensive reaction designed to prevent moisture loss from the leaves. These plants will show some drooping and curling in extreme heat as well.
Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a holiday gift? Remember to click over to Amazon
Details:
Words: Penny Cherubino
Photography: © 2008 and © 2013 Penny Cherubino
Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.
Here's what you need to know in a Boston Snow Emergency for the winter of 2013 – 2014.
This post contains out of date links. We have created a new Snow Emergency post.
We'll update that article with news items as we receive them throughout the season. To find out when we've updated this information, follow us on Twitter.
Winter storms have an impact on our lives and the city distributed "Boston Winter Weather Guide 2013-2014" brochures to households a few weeks ago to help us learn what to do. The city says,
Before The Storm
If you haven't alread done it, click over and sign up for notifications by the City's Emergency notification system. It could save you a parking ticket or a tow.
Adopt a Hydrant: Really great neighbors will locate and note the landmarks to find their nearest fire hydrant and work with one another to dig around it and keep it clear for the entire winter season. This community action can save lives and homes. Sign up here!
If the storm drain near your home is blocked with leaves and debris, you can clear it to prevent flooding when the snow melts.
Find your winter boots, shovels, windshield scrapers, sand, salt, and ice melt. (For the sake of dogs who walk barefoot on sidewalks, please choose a "Paw Safe" option when buying de-icing products.)
And, if you have a car, you may want to park it somewhere that is not signed as a "Snow Emergency Route." Here is a list of the major arteries for the Downtown Boston area with parking restrictions.
Heavy snowfalls can increase the risk for roof collapses. Here are the city's Tips for Protecting Your Roof.
Snow Emergency Parking in Boston Neighborhoods
With a warning that Parking Regulations will be strictly enforced, the city asks of residents:
"DO
* Remove disabled cars blocking roadways as soon as possible.
* Make your resident parking sticker visible within 24 hours after the end of a storm.
* Park in discount garages in your neighborhood with valid resident parking sticker visible. Arrive up to two hours prior to the start of the snow emergency and leave two hours after the emergency is lifted; otherwise you will be subject to standard parking rates.
* Follow all other parking regulations during snow emergencies; they will be strictly enforced. Parking meters remain in effect.
* Follow winter weather driving tips.
DON'T
* Park on a posted snow emergency artery during a declared emergency. You will be ticketed and towed.
* Use space savers more than 48 hours after a snow emergency has been lifted.
* Park within 20 feet of an intersection or further than 1 foot from the curb.
* Park in crosswalks or in front of fire hydrants or ramps.
* Park in front of driveways or extend your car from the driveway over the sidewalk or street."
If your Car is Missing
There are off street parking spaces available to residents during the storm.
Go to this page, choose your neighborhood, and you'll see a list of available parking lots and garages and what they charge under this program for those with designated resident stickers.
Prices in garages range from $2 (Boston Common Garage) to $14.00 for 24 hours. In some sections of the city, municipal lots are free for those with resident stickers. All of these are on a first come, first serve basis.
Digging Out
Once snow falls, you see how seldom some cars in Boston are moved. We walk by cars that sit, snow-covered, for weeks on end. If you do dig out your car, you are not supposed to put the snow onto the street or a cleared sidewalk. That adds to the fun of the job.
If you live in a section of the city with a tradition of space savers, the city says those must be and will be removed 48 hours after a snow emergency has been lifted. For those new to this game, "space savers" are chairs, trash cans, and other objects that are placed in cleared and empty parking spaces to save the spot for the person who shoveled it.
Once snow, slush, or ice is on the ground, someone has to remove it from sidewalks.
In the city of Boston and in most surrounding communities, that someone is you or the people you hire to do it for you.
There was a Supreme Court Ruling in the state. The Boston Globe says this means, "property owners now can be held liable for injuries that are linked to any snow and ice on their land, regardless of whether the conditions were caused by nature or a city plow." Here's a link to the full story on that ruling.
In Boston, regulations for Snow Removal from Sidewalks are available on this page.
Here's the place to start for winter storm information from the city:
Subscribe to Snow Emergency Alerts by text, voice, or email:
Snow Emergency phone numbers in Boston:
Main number: 617-635-3050
24-Hour Hot Line: 617-635-4500
French Toast Alert System
If you're new to the area or haven't been paying attention, you may not know this term. French Toast Alert comes from the rush to grocery stores for basic provisions (milk, bread, and eggs) when storms are predicted. Here's a link to the master page of the official French Toast Alert system for this area.
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Details:
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Photos: © 2012 Penny Cherubino
"Snow Emergency/Parking Ban: In Effect at 12:00PM Friday 2/8
Schools: CLOSED Friday 2/8
Trash/Recycling: Collection will begin at 6AM on Friday 2/8. Please place trash & recycling out by 6AM. Crew will begin working early and shutdown when it is no longer safe to be on the roads.
Community Centers: All BCYF Community Centers & Buildings are closed Friday 2/8, Saturday 2/9 and Sunday 2/10.
Libraries: All libraries will be closed Friday 2/8, Saturday 2/9 and Sunday 2/10.
City Hall/Municipal Offices: Will close to the public at 12:00PM Friday 2/8.
City Employees: Essential Personnel only
Parking Meters: Normal rules apply
Tow Lot: Normal Hours
Street Cleaning: Normal Schedule
City Cemeteries: Closed until Monday 2/11
City Golf Courses: Closed until Monday 2/11
MBTA: All service will be suspended effective 3:30PM on 2/8. Visit www.mbta.comfor details.
Courts: Check with the individual courthouse for more information.
Other/Special Events*: N/A
*The City of Boston is not responsible for the cancellation or scheduling of private entertainment events or venues."
Here's what you need to know in a Boston Snow Emergency for the winter of 2013 – 2014.
This post contains out of date links. We have created a new Snow Emergency post.
We'll update that article with news items as we receive them throughout the season. To find out when we've updated this information, follow us on Twitter.
Winter storms have an impact on our lives and the city distributed "Boston Winter Weather Guide 2013-2014" brochures to households a few weeks ago to help us learn what to do. The city says,
Before The Storm
If you haven't alread done it, click over and sign up for notifications by the City's Emergency notification system. It could save you a parking ticket or a tow.
Adopt a Hydrant: Really great neighbors will locate and note the landmarks to find their nearest fire hydrant and work with one another to dig around it and keep it clear for the entire winter season. This community action can save lives and homes. Sign up here!
If the storm drain near your home is blocked with leaves and debris, you can clear it to prevent flooding when the snow melts.
Find your winter boots, shovels, windshield scrapers, sand, salt, and ice melt. (For the sake of dogs who walk barefoot on sidewalks, please choose a "Paw Safe" option when buying de-icing products.)
And, if you have a car, you may want to park it somewhere that is not signed as a "Snow Emergency Route." Here is a list of the major arteries for the Downtown Boston area with parking restrictions.
Heavy snowfalls can increase the risk for roof collapses. Here are the city's Tips for Protecting Your Roof.
Snow Emergency Parking in Boston Neighborhoods
With a warning that Parking Regulations will be strictly enforced, the city asks of residents:
"DO
* Remove disabled cars blocking roadways as soon as possible.
* Make your resident parking sticker visible within 24 hours after the end of a storm.
* Park in discount garages in your neighborhood with valid resident parking sticker visible. Arrive up to two hours prior to the start of the snow emergency and leave two hours after the emergency is lifted; otherwise you will be subject to standard parking rates.
* Follow all other parking regulations during snow emergencies; they will be strictly enforced. Parking meters remain in effect.
* Follow winter weather driving tips.
DON'T
* Park on a posted snow emergency artery during a declared emergency. You will be ticketed and towed.
* Use space savers more than 48 hours after a snow emergency has been lifted.
* Park within 20 feet of an intersection or further than 1 foot from the curb.
* Park in crosswalks or in front of fire hydrants or ramps.
* Park in front of driveways or extend your car from the driveway over the sidewalk or street."
If your Car is Missing
There are off street parking spaces available to residents during the storm.
Go to this page, choose your neighborhood, and you'll see a list of available parking lots and garages and what they charge under this program for those with designated resident stickers.
Prices in garages range from $2 (Boston Common Garage) to $14.00 for 24 hours. In some sections of the city, municipal lots are free for those with resident stickers. All of these are on a first come, first serve basis.
Digging Out
Once snow falls, you see how seldom some cars in Boston are moved. We walk by cars that sit, snow-covered, for weeks on end. If you do dig out your car, you are not supposed to put the snow onto the street or a cleared sidewalk. That adds to the fun of the job.
If you live in a section of the city with a tradition of space savers, the city says those must be and will be removed 48 hours after a snow emergency has been lifted. For those new to this game, "space savers" are chairs, trash cans, and other objects that are placed in cleared and empty parking spaces to save the spot for the person who shoveled it.
Once snow, slush, or ice is on the ground, someone has to remove it from sidewalks.
In the city of Boston and in most surrounding communities, that someone is you or the people you hire to do it for you.
There was a Supreme Court Ruling in the state. The Boston Globe says this means, "property owners now can be held liable for injuries that are linked to any snow and ice on their land, regardless of whether the conditions were caused by nature or a city plow." Here's a link to the full story on that ruling.
In Boston, regulations for Snow Removal from Sidewalks are available on this page.
Here's the place to start for winter storm information from the city:
Subscribe to Snow Emergency Alerts by text, voice, or email:
Snow Emergency phone numbers in Boston:
Main number: 617-635-3050
24-Hour Hot Line: 617-635-4500
French Toast Alert System
If you're new to the area or haven't been paying attention, you may not know this term. French Toast Alert comes from the rush to grocery stores for basic provisions (milk, bread, and eggs) when storms are predicted. Here's a link to the master page of the official French Toast Alert system for this area.
Keep information like this coming your way by supporting BostonZest when you shop at Amazon. Click on any link to Amazon on this site and shop for what you want. BostonZest will receive credit for your purchase. That's what keeps sites like this up and running.
Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a gift? Remember to click over to Amazon
Details:
Writers: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photos: © 2012 Penny Cherubino
"Snow Emergency/Parking Ban: In Effect at 12:00PM Friday 2/8
Schools: CLOSED Friday 2/8
Trash/Recycling: Collection will begin at 6AM on Friday 2/8. Please place trash & recycling out by 6AM. Crew will begin working early and shutdown when it is no longer safe to be on the roads.
Community Centers: All BCYF Community Centers & Buildings are closed Friday 2/8, Saturday 2/9 and Sunday 2/10.
Libraries: All libraries will be closed Friday 2/8, Saturday 2/9 and Sunday 2/10.
City Hall/Municipal Offices: Will close to the public at 12:00PM Friday 2/8.
City Employees: Essential Personnel only
Parking Meters: Normal rules apply
Tow Lot: Normal Hours
Street Cleaning: Normal Schedule
City Cemeteries: Closed until Monday 2/11
City Golf Courses: Closed until Monday 2/11
MBTA: All service will be suspended effective 3:30PM on 2/8. Visit www.mbta.comfor details.
Courts: Check with the individual courthouse for more information.
Other/Special Events*: N/A
*The City of Boston is not responsible for the cancellation or scheduling of private entertainment events or venues."
Here's what you need to know in a Boston Snow Emergency for the winter of 2013 – 2014.
This post contains out of date links. We have created a new Snow Emergency post.
We'll update that article with news items as we receive them throughout the season. To find out when we've updated this information, follow us on Twitter.
Winter storms have an impact on our lives and the city distributed "Boston Winter Weather Guide 2013-2014" brochures to households a few weeks ago to help us learn what to do. The city says,
Before The Storm
If you haven't alread done it, click over and sign up for notifications by the City's Emergency notification system. It could save you a parking ticket or a tow.
Adopt a Hydrant: Really great neighbors will locate and note the landmarks to find their nearest fire hydrant and work with one another to dig around it and keep it clear for the entire winter season. This community action can save lives and homes. Sign up here!
If the storm drain near your home is blocked with leaves and debris, you can clear it to prevent flooding when the snow melts.
Find your winter boots, shovels, windshield scrapers, sand, salt, and ice melt. (For the sake of dogs who walk barefoot on sidewalks, please choose a "Paw Safe" option when buying de-icing products.)
And, if you have a car, you may want to park it somewhere that is not signed as a "Snow Emergency Route." Here is a list of the major arteries for the Downtown Boston area with parking restrictions.
Heavy snowfalls can increase the risk for roof collapses. Here are the city's Tips for Protecting Your Roof.
Snow Emergency Parking in Boston Neighborhoods
With a warning that Parking Regulations will be strictly enforced, the city asks of residents:
"DO
* Remove disabled cars blocking roadways as soon as possible.
* Make your resident parking sticker visible within 24 hours after the end of a storm.
* Park in discount garages in your neighborhood with valid resident parking sticker visible. Arrive up to two hours prior to the start of the snow emergency and leave two hours after the emergency is lifted; otherwise you will be subject to standard parking rates.
* Follow all other parking regulations during snow emergencies; they will be strictly enforced. Parking meters remain in effect.
* Follow winter weather driving tips.
DON'T
* Park on a posted snow emergency artery during a declared emergency. You will be ticketed and towed.
* Use space savers more than 48 hours after a snow emergency has been lifted.
* Park within 20 feet of an intersection or further than 1 foot from the curb.
* Park in crosswalks or in front of fire hydrants or ramps.
* Park in front of driveways or extend your car from the driveway over the sidewalk or street."
If your Car is Missing
There are off street parking spaces available to residents during the storm.
Go to this page, choose your neighborhood, and you'll see a list of available parking lots and garages and what they charge under this program for those with designated resident stickers.
Prices in garages range from $2 (Boston Common Garage) to $14.00 for 24 hours. In some sections of the city, municipal lots are free for those with resident stickers. All of these are on a first come, first serve basis.
Digging Out
Once snow falls, you see how seldom some cars in Boston are moved. We walk by cars that sit, snow-covered, for weeks on end. If you do dig out your car, you are not supposed to put the snow onto the street or a cleared sidewalk. That adds to the fun of the job.
If you live in a section of the city with a tradition of space savers, the city says those must be and will be removed 48 hours after a snow emergency has been lifted. For those new to this game, "space savers" are chairs, trash cans, and other objects that are placed in cleared and empty parking spaces to save the spot for the person who shoveled it.
Once snow, slush, or ice is on the ground, someone has to remove it from sidewalks.
In the city of Boston and in most surrounding communities, that someone is you or the people you hire to do it for you.
There was a Supreme Court Ruling in the state. The Boston Globe says this means, "property owners now can be held liable for injuries that are linked to any snow and ice on their land, regardless of whether the conditions were caused by nature or a city plow." Here's a link to the full story on that ruling.
In Boston, regulations for Snow Removal from Sidewalks are available on this page.
Here's the place to start for winter storm information from the city:
Subscribe to Snow Emergency Alerts by text, voice, or email:
Snow Emergency phone numbers in Boston:
Main number: 617-635-3050
24-Hour Hot Line: 617-635-4500
French Toast Alert System
If you're new to the area or haven't been paying attention, you may not know this term. French Toast Alert comes from the rush to grocery stores for basic provisions (milk, bread, and eggs) when storms are predicted. Here's a link to the master page of the official French Toast Alert system for this area.
Keep information like this coming your way by supporting BostonZest when you shop at Amazon. Click on any link to Amazon on this site and shop for what you want. BostonZest will receive credit for your purchase. That's what keeps sites like this up and running.
Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a gift? Remember to click over to Amazon
Details:
Writers: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photos: © 2012 Penny Cherubino
"Snow Emergency/Parking Ban: In Effect at 12:00PM Friday 2/8
Schools: CLOSED Friday 2/8
Trash/Recycling: Collection will begin at 6AM on Friday 2/8. Please place trash & recycling out by 6AM. Crew will begin working early and shutdown when it is no longer safe to be on the roads.
Community Centers: All BCYF Community Centers & Buildings are closed Friday 2/8, Saturday 2/9 and Sunday 2/10.
Libraries: All libraries will be closed Friday 2/8, Saturday 2/9 and Sunday 2/10.
City Hall/Municipal Offices: Will close to the public at 12:00PM Friday 2/8.
City Employees: Essential Personnel only
Parking Meters: Normal rules apply
Tow Lot: Normal Hours
Street Cleaning: Normal Schedule
City Cemeteries: Closed until Monday 2/11
City Golf Courses: Closed until Monday 2/11
MBTA: All service will be suspended effective 3:30PM on 2/8. Visit www.mbta.comfor details.
Courts: Check with the individual courthouse for more information.
Other/Special Events*: N/A
*The City of Boston is not responsible for the cancellation or scheduling of private entertainment events or venues."
Did you know there are roses in Boston just waiting for you to volunteer some time to deadhead, prune, and care for them?
One thing people miss when they move from the suburbs to the city is gardening. Yes, some folks have a small front or back yard garden area, but others find themselves without plants to tend.
Community gardens are one answer if you have lots of time to tend a plot of land. However, there are alternatives for those who would enjoy an occasional garden chore in the company of other rose lovers.
The Boston Public Garden Rose Brigade
The Friends of the Public Garden has a group of volunteers called the Rose Brigade that has cared for the four rose beds for decades. Click on the link to learn how to join this group on a one time or regular basis.
Kelleher Rose Garden, Back Bay Fens
Here, it's the Emerald Necklace Conservancy that organizes the volunteers. You can join them deadheading and pruning roses and weeding the rose beds and borders on Tuesdays. Details are at this link.
If you know of other opportunities for the occasional gardener, please share in the comments below. It doesn't have to be a rose garden, some folks might like to grow tomatoes or tend hostas!
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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2013 Ed Cherubino
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Did you know there are roses in Boston just waiting for you to volunteer some time to deadhead, prune, and care for them?
One thing people miss when they move from the suburbs to the city is gardening. Yes, some folks have a small front or back yard garden area, but others find themselves without plants to tend.
Community gardens are one answer if you have lots of time to tend a plot of land. However, there are alternatives for those who would enjoy an occasional garden chore in the company of other rose lovers.
The Boston Public Garden Rose Brigade
The Friends of the Public Garden has a group of volunteers called the Rose Brigade that has cared for the four rose beds for decades. Click on the link to learn how to join this group on a one time or regular basis.
Kelleher Rose Garden, Back Bay Fens
Here, it's the Emerald Necklace Conservancy that organizes the volunteers. You can join them deadheading and pruning roses and weeding the rose beds and borders on Tuesdays. Details are at this link.
If you know of other opportunities for the occasional gardener, please share in the comments below. It doesn't have to be a rose garden, some folks might like to grow tomatoes or tend hostas!
What do you know about Amazon Prime? We use it and love it. You pay once a year for free 2-day shipping delivery charges. Amazon throws in access to instant streaming movies and TV shows and they let you borrow a free ebook each month. They will even give you a one month free trial. Remember to click over to Amazon
Join Amazon Prime – Watch Over 40,000 Movies
Details:
Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2013 Ed Cherubino
Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.