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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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Friday photo – A snail might sleep, and dream of flying

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Zone 1 – a story in photos

Zone 1 is my front yard, an unirrigated native garden. My plan is for it to be an effective garden through the next 30-80 years, though it’ll need a couple of key tweaks during that time. I expect getting the … Continue reading

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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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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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