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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
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Tagged bee walls, bees, ecological gardening, fauna, functional art, habitat, insecticide, insects, microhabitat, native bees, wildlife habitat
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Rabbits vs. quolls – an overlooked chapter in our protein history
Every so often I’ll be looking at specifically at protein sources, despite (or because of?) being a plant person through and through. This is not an in depth article on using rabbits as a protein source, though I should do … Continue reading
Posted in Protein profiles, Science and research
Tagged biocontrol, biosecurity, fauna, feral animals, protein, quolls, rabbits, research, wildlife
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Bee Friendly – downloadable guide to planting for honeybees
Here’s an interesting read. Bee Friendly is a guide to planting for honeybees in agricultural and urban environments, put out this year by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC). It’s $60 in hardcopy but you can download it … Continue reading
Posted in Online resources
Tagged agricultural design, bees, fauna, garden design, honey, pollination
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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
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Tagged animals, community, ecological gardening, ecology, fauna, flora, habitat, landscape design, rehabilitation, research, urban design, wildlife corridors
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Wildlife in the city – a new way of perceiving habitat (part 1)
A lot of the way we manage native flora and fauna is about remnants – those tiny (or not so) patches of land that are still usually relatively undisturbed. We take care of those and map them, survey them, try … Continue reading
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Tagged agricultural design, cities, ecology, fauna, flora, habitat, rehabilitation, urban design, wildlife
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