Mason Bee House

Mason Bee House

I’ve always kept my distance from bees, I’ll blame it on a horror movie that I stupidly watched by myself when I was home sick from school. I’ve never been stung before, nor do I really care to purposely put myself in a situation where I might be....
Fierce

Fierce

Coco *loves* the hens….she considers them, “things to chase around” — the hens don’t like Coco much and normally squawk, freak out and run away. Lately, Fireflapper, our golden sex link hen, created a new strategy. “Aha! a chicken...
The Fight for Clean Air

The Fight for Clean Air

The Problem Mercury is a potent neurotoxin. For a child or fetus, exposure to even a little of this toxic heavy metal can harm the brain and nervous system. Coal-fired power plants account for nearly half the mercury emissions that pollute our waterways and find their...
Experiments: No Dig Gardening, Square Foot Gardening

Experiments: No Dig Gardening, Square Foot Gardening

I’ve been hobbling, crawling, sliding and scootin’ for the past 3 weeks now – after this fall and a front-jump-kick that ended up as a front-jump-FAIL in Tae Kwon Do class, I needed surgery to replace my ACL and repair a torn meniscus in my right...