Friday, February 17, 2012
Planting Forests for the Monarch Butterfly
This is an excellent video on the reforestation project that's been going on for the past few years to help preserve the Monarch Butterflies' over wintering ground. Here is a link to the organization's website, Forests for Monarchs.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Some Valentines Left Overs
The perfect idea on what to do with those old roses from yesterday's Valentines festivities. Actually I'm not sure what these ants are carrying but I know leafcutter ants will target roses when cutting for their fungus gardens.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Happy Valentines Day
Don't understand French? Here let's award winning actress Isabella Rossellini translate some of the video with her graphic reenactment.
Generally it's not uncommon for a queen honeybee to mate with 8 to 16 males during her nuptial flight. They pack her with enough ... we'll call it "energy" to lay roughly 1,500 to 2,000 fertile eggs per day for the next 5 years.
Generally it's not uncommon for a queen honeybee to mate with 8 to 16 males during her nuptial flight. They pack her with enough ... we'll call it "energy" to lay roughly 1,500 to 2,000 fertile eggs per day for the next 5 years.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Moon Gardens
So I just realized this year that Prairie Nursery has greatly expanded their selection of gardens this year. One of which is call the "Moon" Garden. And I can't help but wonder if this is a friendly poke at Prairie Moon Nursery which doesn't have such a selection.
Not that this matters much. Moon Gardens consist of white or pale colored flowering plants which glow in the moon light at night. I think this is an over rated concept. Though it would be neat to see whether any of the plants bloom with the lunar cycle at all. Often white flowering plants are fragrant and pollinated by moths at night. From what I can gather online these gardens tend to focus more on having water features, nick knacks, stone work and such to go along with the plants.
I'm tempted to propose a Sun Garden but typically prairies are already over saturated with yellow flowering plants, especially in late summer.
Not that this matters much. Moon Gardens consist of white or pale colored flowering plants which glow in the moon light at night. I think this is an over rated concept. Though it would be neat to see whether any of the plants bloom with the lunar cycle at all. Often white flowering plants are fragrant and pollinated by moths at night. From what I can gather online these gardens tend to focus more on having water features, nick knacks, stone work and such to go along with the plants.
I'm tempted to propose a Sun Garden but typically prairies are already over saturated with yellow flowering plants, especially in late summer.
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