Survival of the Fittest!
We are well into summer now. Spruce Pine (NC) is about two weeks behind the growing season of other communities, being at above 3,000' elevation. Now, we are seeing flowers and other plants rushing to bloom and hurrying to produce seed for the next season . For example, the chives that you see in this photo, having survived the very harsh, cold winter here, came up obviously from seed blown [More on Next Page...]