<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:06:54 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@dansgardening/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Great Outdoors Vol. 4 - Cross Country Skiing Near Bowman Lake State Park]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome back. For a change, today I continue my Great Outdoor series that I began last winter. I am an avid cross country skier, and this winter has featured consistently good ski conditions here in Central]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/outdoors/@dansgardening/the-great-outdoors-vol-4-cross-country-skiing-near-bowman-lake-state-park</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/outdoors/@dansgardening/the-great-outdoors-vol-4-cross-country-skiing-near-bowman-lake-state-park</guid><category><![CDATA[outdoors]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dansgardening]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2020 02:12:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc15VtwBcpcNRduYYp5vfHxZnGaBMuEFRUGXECvTXGCTBUxjGmAvBNNCWPxwfozNXPyzbRRQ7wyLgqt6k4w4mdbGBYMTGPFDuvq1iqCxcbQmNp4wvHL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Look: The Whole Seed Catalog Heirloom Seeds/Winter Sowing Update]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome Back. Today I will introduce you to a newly discovered heirloom seed source: But first, about a week ago I wrote a post on Winter Sowing. For those of you unfamiliar with this technique, it involves]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/heirloomseeds/@dansgardening/test</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/heirloomseeds/@dansgardening/test</guid><category><![CDATA[heirloomseeds]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dansgardening]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Feb 2020 23:06:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UBvwpPuizsrYUTc5ojP7QkMFn5g3XLtenLte7cSSDxu9xqMUA3e9iTjTB9gj5ogB2yLrgHwgnwdG9BqYazsJuAaW4ZBLj8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Need Help With Posting Errors:  Invalid Permalink Character]]></title><description><![CDATA[Can anyone help me, hoping you can? Recently when I go to publish a post I get an error: Invalid permalink, Then it gives a character, once it gave W, this tine H. Do you know what this means? Is it a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/postingerrors/@dansgardening/need-help-with-posting-errors-invalid-peralink-character</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/postingerrors/@dansgardening/need-help-with-posting-errors-invalid-peralink-character</guid><category><![CDATA[postingerrors]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dansgardening]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Feb 2020 15:50:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[2020 Great Backyard Bird Count Results]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome back. The 2020 GBBC is in the books. It's always amazing to look at the count results on the website. The numbers are updated in real time. As I write this, over 232,000 checklists have been submitted]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/birds/@dansgardening/2020-great-backyard-bird-count-results</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/birds/@dansgardening/2020-great-backyard-bird-count-results</guid><category><![CDATA[birds]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dansgardening]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 02:38:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsLaUVnWj5v4rfuehQsoVtukrb5zwdXbo5aA1Ad39Ag3xeAuev2zXmVcjRphvmn5aNu7jJpePTeTRFH5p4raPeWb22op?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter Sowing - Plant Veggies Now Place Outside to Germinate in the Spring - It Really Works!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Winter sowing is a technique I have been using for several years. It sounds unbelievable but it really does work. You can plant cold hardy seeds now in containers, place them outside, and they will germinate]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/wintersowing/@dansgardening/winter-sowing-plant-veggies-now-place-outside-to-germinate-in-the-spring-it-really-works</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/wintersowing/@dansgardening/winter-sowing-plant-veggies-now-place-outside-to-germinate-in-the-spring-it-really-works</guid><category><![CDATA[wintersowing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dansgardening]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2020 00:32:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e9VfTJRnPsykUEAHy3T3VGkXwr6HTVPqp54?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Great Backyard Bird Count Starts Friday February 14th!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome back, it's been about a month since my last post. I continue to participate in Project FeederWatch which runs until early April. This Friday marks the start of another citizen science project that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/greatbackyardbirdcount/@dansgardening/the-great-backyard-bird-count-starts-friday-february-14th</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/greatbackyardbirdcount/@dansgardening/the-great-backyard-bird-count-starts-friday-february-14th</guid><category><![CDATA[greatbackyardbirdcount]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dansgardening]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 23:44:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqm3JqesroWXiUgddBs4DWvj795HwotRY4s1RSKcZ7GcUGx2V8gaztp74nMLXcCUBYD67tVzAe9PKPWci18ajtwpTij1P7cBriz1J1V4vLGCsxz7VoWFStfx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simply Photos - Winter Birds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome back to my followers, and a special welcome to my new readers. The strange winter weather continues here in Central NY State as we are about half way through January. This past weekend brought]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/birds/@dansgardening/simply-photos-winter-birds</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/birds/@dansgardening/simply-photos-winter-birds</guid><category><![CDATA[birds]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dansgardening]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:54:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc15VtwBcpcNRduYYp5vfHxZnGaBMuEFRUGXECvTXGCTBUxjGmAvBNNCWPxwfozNXPyzbRmKuce428SjQvKai88cYbxFpctNw6DFzmRd9b6VZd47QxN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy New Year!!  Project Feederwatch Continues/Growing Greens Outside in Winter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome back. Its been awhile since my last post as I have been busy with Christmas and all the festivities. It's hard to believe that 2019 is coming to an end. Happy New Year to all of my readers from]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/projectfeederwatch/@dansgardening/happy-new-year-project-feederwatch-continues-growing-greens-outside-in-winter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/projectfeederwatch/@dansgardening/happy-new-year-project-feederwatch-continues-growing-greens-outside-in-winter</guid><category><![CDATA[projectfeederwatch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dansgardening]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2020 02:34:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc15VtwBcpcNRduYYp5vfHxZnGaBMuEFRUGXECvTXGCTBUxjGmAvBNNCWPxwfozNXPyzbRiubCQcugRqQJMLU6Qa2qiKSzpDoBqtujQLZsy2rZ9AxP8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simply Photos - Project FeederWatch Week 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome back. I hope you enjoyed my last post which introduced Project FeederWatch. I also hope that some of you are participating in this worthwhile project. Week 1 was a great success. I observed 15]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/birdwatching/@dansgardening/simply-photos-project-feederwatch-week-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/birdwatching/@dansgardening/simply-photos-project-feederwatch-week-1</guid><category><![CDATA[birdwatching]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dansgardening]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2019 22:58:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc15VtwBcpcNRduYYp5vfHxZnGaBMuEFRUGXECvTXGCTBUxjGmAvBNNCWPxwfozNXPyzbRQnuq2qBHoQDjfa5joDv5xmeEmWbyD7tvN3JMT23WsejGJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Project FeederWatch Starts November 9th/Birdfeeder 101]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome back. As the gardening season has come to an end, my focus will turn to bird watching and bird photography for the winter months. It's time to put up the bird feeders, dust off the binoculars,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/birdwatching/@dansgardening/project-feederwatch-starts-november-9th-birdfeeder-101</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/birdwatching/@dansgardening/project-feederwatch-starts-november-9th-birdfeeder-101</guid><category><![CDATA[birdwatching]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dansgardening]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2019 02:01:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e3svnCTe2zeHWbi25Pae1JeNtFNHorL1rKY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Garden Cleanup Time!   The Growing Season Has Ended/Fall Photos]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome back. The growing season has come to an end; on October 4th we had the first killing frost with a temperature of 27 degrees. It's hard to believe it's heading towards the end of October already.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@dansgardening/it-s-garden-cleanup-time-the-growing-season-has-ended</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@dansgardening/it-s-garden-cleanup-time-the-growing-season-has-ended</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dansgardening]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2019 00:50:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc15VtwBcpcNRduYYp5vfHxZnGaBMuEFRUGXECvTXGCTBUxjGmAvBNNCWPxwfozNXPyzbRhSWeCy2Gh4YaRPnZ1AdPuaQR7SoBWEimbyD3Vgn8AvLyL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harvesting Onions and a Few Sunflower Photos]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome back. October is here and the gardening season has officially ended as we had a kiling frost on Saturday morning October 6th. The temperature plunged to 27 degrees here in the Central New York]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@dansgardening/harvesting-onions-and-a-few-sunflower-photos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@dansgardening/harvesting-onions-and-a-few-sunflower-photos</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dansgardening]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2019 00:13:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc15VtwBcpcNRduYYp5vfHxZnGaBMuEFRUGXECvTXGCTBUxjGmAvBNNCWPxwfozNXPyzbRaHnqUDpBMeR5bbC1RiLSqe1xdgrjzrUgh7vMN8z6PYSDL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fall Harvest Continued]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome back. It's been a month or so since I last posted. Time has been flying by as usual and the gardening season is coming to a close. Soon it will be time to pull the plants and till the soil. In]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@dansgardening/fall-harvest-is-here</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@dansgardening/fall-harvest-is-here</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dansgardening]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2019 02:00:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc15VtwBcpcNRduYYp5vfHxZnGaBMuEFRUGXECvTXGCTBUxjGmAvBNNCWPxwfozNXPyzbRPd92d5kq5t4rTS51sLRSHiXRobHBxXv1hhcTTB33Dpxfx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harvesting Vegetables - #2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome back. Now that I have returned from my vacation in the Canadian Maritimes, I will focus again on the garden. I will re-visit our vacation and write a few additional posts on that as i get time.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/heriloomtomatoes/@dansgardening/harvesting-vegetables-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/heriloomtomatoes/@dansgardening/harvesting-vegetables-2</guid><category><![CDATA[heriloomtomatoes]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dansgardening]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2019 01:03:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc15VtwBcpcNRduYYp5vfHxZnGaBMuEFRUGXECvTXGCTBUxjGmAvBNNCWPxwfozNXPyzbRZ5wN4yDqnDE5uTM9KiiaorfypfiTZ4XNFtJhfiDmZU6a2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Canadian Maritime Vacation - Part 2 - Includes Oak Island]]></title><description><![CDATA[After our visit to Prince Edward Island, we headed to Nova Scotia. We stayed in Hubbards near Halifax. The first evening there we visited Peggy's Cove. I would strongly recommend you visit there, it is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nova/@dansgardening/our-canadian-maritime-vacation-part-2-auczfia6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nova/@dansgardening/our-canadian-maritime-vacation-part-2-auczfia6</guid><category><![CDATA[nova]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dansgardening]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2019 01:29:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixVLTB7e73A8MPoMmGLBaqNUkVo2EM3aypWw8bT7EDuZRDJzKmnFiumJFR3W3G?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Canadian Maritime Vacation - Part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have been on vacation now for a week and by the title you can probably guess our destination. However, the maritimes encompasse a lot of territory. Our first location was the beautiful Prince Edward]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/partiko/@dansgardening/our-canadian-maritime-vacation-part-1-mabcprm2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/partiko/@dansgardening/our-canadian-maritime-vacation-part-1-mabcprm2</guid><category><![CDATA[partiko]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dansgardening]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2019 20:08:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixCkvreJXDKZRvf9AU7BSAhHKjYuGC9ucUc5SBsp9p8uqiMDyAGTug4Xi64jci?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harvesting Vegetables #1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well it's that time of the year, the garden is starting to pay dividends. So far this season I have picked lettuce and kale, however, it has been quite a waiting game for other veggies to mature. Over]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/partiko/@dansgardening/harvesting-vegetables-1-kttkpulr</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/partiko/@dansgardening/harvesting-vegetables-1-kttkpulr</guid><category><![CDATA[partiko]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dansgardening]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2019 01:05:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixVbZombUudQ8pX5GmJs65cM53A8bxrxAT5djpoJbsqSBo6EPKWxtqJkye85Pt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Garden Update  - Upper Garden]]></title><description><![CDATA[As promised, a short update on the upper garden. On the bottom edge, the heirloom tomatoes are coming along nicely with the hot humid weather that tomatoes love. Refer to my earlier posts for the varieties]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@dansgardening/garden-update-upper-garden-r9s2ufxl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@dansgardening/garden-update-upper-garden-r9s2ufxl</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dansgardening]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2019 01:32:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixUgorf8bSnrCyTdR2j7arPNbLUaptsinpcRp3spkko6of6FTQZx2PrqEY1aUN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Garden Update - Lower Garden ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm back again, please be patient as I learn Partiko. My laptop is out of commission I'm waiting on a new screen as the current one has dimmed to the point of being hard to see. The gardens are finally]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/garden/@dansgardening/garden-update-p1gzk35g</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/garden/@dansgardening/garden-update-p1gzk35g</guid><category><![CDATA[garden]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dansgardening]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2019 01:52:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixUdM2dfuVwHC4WVayjXoW1XKakJt2pS1oxUYFiqew7NiKCJSVmz3gpNXzJs8J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Garden Update]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome back. It's hard to believe it's been 3 weeks since my last post. I planned on posting updates on all vegetables idividually, however time has passed me by and I just haven't gotten that accomplished]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/partiko/@dansgardening/garden-update-8zvsycfd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/partiko/@dansgardening/garden-update-8zvsycfd</guid><category><![CDATA[partiko]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dansgardening]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2019 00:06:24 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>