As for me, I am proud of my close kinship with other animals. I take a jealous pride in my Simian ancestry. I like to think that I was once a magnificent hairy fellow living in the trees and that my frame has come down through geological time via sea jelly and worms and Amphioxus, ...
If you plant a lot of tomatoes, marigolds are also great for you since they repel nematodes, slugs, horn worms, and other garden pests that tend to help themselves to your juicy reds. Since marigolds have a strong scent, they also mask that of your vegetables which can confuse and preve...
It was “much used in salads, with oil, salt, and vinegar,” he said, and he listed over a dozen herbal uses for it, from provoking appetite and soothing toothaches to treating hemorrhoids and “killing worms in small children.” I could go on and on – who knew a weed could be ...
March 28, 7 pm.Spread, Impact, and Control of Jumping Worms, with Josef Görres. ONLINE, hosted by URI Cooperative Extension. An important presentation summarizing new research on jumping worm invasions in New England. The lecture will touch on identification, how they spread, their impact on ...
We have nothing but rock surrounding the house. This year we had so much to do there was no way I was going to move a ton of rock, so this year it’s container gardening up near the house. You can’t see it but this is my wheelbarrow. I love it and can’t believe how it’...
The most revolutionary was the move indoors. Electric countertop composters like theVitamix FoodCyclerandour beloved Lomiconsolidated the composting process (which previously required outdoor space, several months of manual stirring, probably worms, and likely too much patience) to an appliance that do...
About 10 years ago, I’d put out an official bluebird nesting box, along with meal worms. I even followed all the various instructions to attract them. As one of the National Wildlife Federation’scertified wildlife habitats, our garden has food(via the various native berries), water, shelte...
Today this important landscape is home to a wide variety of wildlife including adders and slow worms, plus many other mammals, insects and birds. Lesser Horseshoe Bats have made themselves at home in the rock houses too and were in residence on the day of my last visit. However the Edge ...
“OK, I 42 , see you on Saturday,” answered the cockroach, and left without waiting for a 43 . That Saturday everyone went to the beauty competition. The butterfly arrived completely 44 of victory until she saw who the judges were: cockroaches, worms, beetles. All of them preferred the...