I am turning to God, the universe, a higher power (I am still searching for a word that resonates most with me) and inviting them into an active relationship with me in my home. I am making friends with the plants in the apartment. I am cherishing my relationship with my dog more t...
For plant stems, we simply leave plants such as cup plant and other large-stemmed natives standing after they die and clean them up the following spring after (we hope) the larvae have hatched out. This also provides winter cover for other wildlife that it just won’t find in a golf-...
NC Native Plants Week ends today, and I can’t let it pass without extolling the virtues of one of my favorite native woody plants: Spicebush (Lindera benzoin). Some call it Northern Spicebush, but I don’t know why. I certainly don’t think of this Southeast US native as “northern....
used buffalo skin and theInuitfrom Alaska used seal or caribou skin. Some tribes learned how to make clothing from plants or weaving thread. These included theNavajoandApache, who learned how to make woven blankets and tunics. All of their clothes were made by hand, and the women would gen...
So far, so good. But at the same time I discovered that my hopper friends were actually considered to be one of a group of species that are differentiated, not by their looks, distance from each other, or even their habits, but rather by the plants they chose to live on once upon a...
‘white phase’ of the garden, as most other plants are not ready yet to push flowers. This is also a Eurasian plant that has taken over this continent. I tolerate it as it is an early food source for bees and other insects while not much else is around. It is also easily ...
We grow California native plants.Ian Wilson Accounting Website functionality Shopping cart integration He is trying to update the website to preserve all of Dads content but it is very slow going. Dad was very busy Ian tries to rein in all Penny’s “great ideas”, keep the bills paid and...
Grass and other plants can be sturdier than one might think when expertly braided and pieced together. But they didn’t stay very warm in cold weather. That’s why grass and wattle-and-daub dwellings are typically found in southern regions, which have warmer temperatures. ...
Native gardens are cyclical, just like the flora in the mountains near us. Sections will be dormant at different times of the year. To ensure there is color throughout your landscape, mix succulents and natives, or other plants that are not necessarily native, but drought tolerant. You’ll ...
Mutualisms can be disrupted when non-native plants are introduced into novel environments, potentially impacting their establishment success. Introduced species can reassemble mutualisms by forming novel associations with resident biota or by maintaining familiar associations when they are co-introduced with ...