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learning to live, naturally.

Friday, February 07, 2025

The Springtime Glow of Golden Ragwort

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Golden Ragwort blooms March 15, 2024 While there are many spring wildflowers that are stunningly beautiful when viewed from nearby, there ar...
Sunday, January 26, 2025

Books that Expanded My Outlook in 2023

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So I shared brief summaries of the environmental books that I read in 2024 in my last post, but I kept thinking about some of the excellent ...
Wednesday, January 08, 2025

Books That Enlarged My Outlook in 2024

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Thanks to an annual challenge published by the reading challenge group, The 52 Book Club, I have started reading a LOT more in the last seve...
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Sunday, January 05, 2025

The Restorative Magic of Rewilding

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There's not a lot I can do to affect the outcome of global warming or to stop the biodiversity crisis.  That fact tends to keep me awake...
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Sunday, August 04, 2024

An Eventful Week in the Abbott Annex of Homegrown National Park

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 What a week it's been! Last Wednesday, an immature Cooper's Hawk ( Accipiter cooperii ) caught, killed, and ate a Mourning Dove ( Z...
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Gaia Gardener:
First it was bugs in jars. Then it was toad races in the sand box. Next, I obsessed over seashells and all the animals living in tidal pools and along the shore. Finally I went to college and studied biology, accidentally becoming a birder and amateur entomologist along the way. Raising a family gave me the impetus to start gardening. Now, many years later, I have come full circle back to bugs, though rarely do I catch them in jars any more. The more I learn, the more fascinated I become with the intricate web of biological connections surrounding us every day. Wasps that lay their eggs on paralyzed grasshoppers. Mosquitoes that prey on other mosquito larvae. Flea beetles that will only consume plant material from one genus of plants. What I can observe and learn in my own backyard is staggering. By caring for that yard organically, the small world that I provide for a huge variety of creatures is enlightening, enlivening, and enriching. How can anyone ever get bored?!
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