…if it’s not there already.
Take a walk around the neighborhood, focusing on the home landscapes you are passing. You will notice an aggressive, twining perennial vine with oppositely arranged leaves on long stems, up to thirty feet long growing over azalea hedges, holly fern beds, single shrubs, up trees or along the ground.…
Dr. Akito Y. Kawahara, Curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History, lays out eight simple actions that residents can take to encourage biodiversity in your own back yard.
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Neighbor Mary Kay Falconer and I (Donna Legare) both tuned into a fascinating webinar this summer that we are recommending to anyone who is interested in insect biodiversity, particularly moths. The webinar is “Moths: Amazing Insects that Use Ultrasound, Scales and Tails to Combat Hunting Bats at Night” by Dr.…
There is an old saying among gardeners – compost happens! Did you ever stop to think what would become of fallen leaves left beneath a tree if they did not decompose naturally? We would be neck-deep in leaves! Just as with making chili, there are many recipes for making compost – some hot, some mild.…
I live in a grove of large stately live oaks. Only one is technically on our property; the grove continues across the road and in adjacent yards, even down the road a piece. We are also blessed with some large pines, though we have lost a few to lightning strikes.…