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Friday photo – Yellow Admiral butterfly, August 2014
Posted in Friday photos
Tagged butterflies, ecological gardening, ecology, insects, local natives, nettles, weedscaping
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Native bees and my new “beehive”
When I was in my late teens or early twenties, I noticed a bee on my dad’s foxglove that was rather unexpected. Instead of yellow stripes, it had light blue stripes. I thought I was seeing things. But no, it … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged bee walls, bees, ecological gardening, fauna, functional art, habitat, insecticide, insects, microhabitat, native bees, wildlife habitat
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Wildlife in the city – a new way of perceiving habitat (part 2)
So, yesterday’s argument was that the place to focus our conservation attention is the matrix, the area outside the preserves. Where we live. if you start viewing our suburbs as the new habitat, how does this start making our cities … Continue reading
Posted in Science and research
Tagged animals, community, ecological gardening, ecology, fauna, flora, habitat, landscape design, rehabilitation, research, urban design, wildlife corridors
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Weedscaping
I thought I’d better bring this up and explain it up front, because I’m going to refer to weedscaping a lot when talking about my own projects. Weedscaping is, simply, using weeds to your advantage and encouraging weeds that are … Continue reading
Posted in Explainer, Uncategorized
Tagged ecological gardening, explainer, low maintenance, soil conditioning, weeds, weedscaping
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