In the Meadow

All the dead branches, clippings, etc. get piled in the back of the meadow, until they are put through this machine to make wood chips.  It is hard work.

But the result is a pile of wood chips ready to be used on a Maris Trail path, or somewhere else.

An interesting creature which is a potter wasp.  One site on the internet said this is a good bug to have in the garden, because the female preys on other insects, which she feeds to her larvae.  She feeds on nectar, such as this goldenrod.

This one is a tiger bee fly.  How did it get that name?  Tiger is for the patterned wings.  Fly because it is a fly.  Bee because it preys on bees.  It is out hunting for carpenter bees.

This one you know.  It is either a European or Chinese mantid.

Here is a Eupatorium coelestinum or mistflower.  The first I have seen blooming.