Tag Archives: Conservation
Life and Death in the Garden
A crab spider grabbed a honey bee that visited a common milkweed flower. In the Midwest, Master Gardener J. G. has planted a complete banquet for pollinating insects, such as bees and butterflies. There are plants for all stages in an … Continue reading
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Monarch Watch Spring 2009 Open House
My friend Deb buys some tropical milkweed at the Monarch Watch Spring Open House at the University of Kansas on May 9. Monarch Watch Director Chip Taylor, at left in the yellow hat, and many volunteers were busy as the … Continue reading
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Frugalista
Being frugal is cool these days. I like the new name — frugalistas, people who are experts at finding frugal ways to enjoy life. Becoming or remaining debt-free is one of their top goals. (See link below.) I was born a coupon clipper and … Continue reading
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Earth Day 2009
This black swallowtail butterfly visited my garden. Now he’s featured in my Zazzle store. This is one of my first posts on this blog, first published April 19, 2008. I’m re-cycling it, in honor of Earth Day on April 22. It is … Continue reading
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More Deviltry
My friends and I fell in love with Tasmanian Devils, irascible carnivorous marsupials that live in the wild only on the island of Tasmania, an Australian state south of the mainland of Australia. In the wild, Tasmanian Devils usually are only active at night, … Continue reading
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Monarch Butterflies Complete Annual Migration to Mexico
Dec. 3 – Millions of butterflies have found sanctuary in Mexico as they complete their annual migration from North America, according to a Reuters News report. The Mexican government has plans to massively expand the sanctuaries in the coming years, … Continue reading
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Autumn Leaves
“Autumn Leaves” was one of the songs I had to learn to play when I took piano lessons as a grader schooler. It was torture! Not because it was a bad song — it’s gorgeous — but because I have two … Continue reading
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Batty About Birds, Bees and Butterflies
My enthusiasm for bees sky-rocketed last year when I discovered that I wasn’t getting any squash, because I had no bees to pollinate them. I had to do the job myself with an artist’s paintbrush. My harvest? Ten squash. I’m … Continue reading
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It’s Not Easy Being Green
This is the Year of the Frog. Although it’s late in the year, it’s not too late to raise awareness about the serious problems facing amphibians. Scientists believe that one-third to one-half of the earth’s 6,000 amphibian species, which … Continue reading
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The Mystery of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly
One day a week ago the bronze fennel was teeming with Black Swallowtail caterpillars. The next day, they were gone. Where did they go? Off to the woods forty feet away? I worried about them struggling through the grass to complete their life cycle. It’s … Continue reading
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