The Sociable Weaver builds it’s nest in community

The Sociable Weaver builds it's nest in community
I’ve been on a community state of mind lately. Might be because we are “homeless” right now and our friends are really stepping up to bat. We are very lucky to be able to maintain our course through these rough waters. The Sociable Weavers (Philetairus socius) build these incredible communal nests one straw at a ...

Must read online library 2

Must read online library
Soil and Health Library is one of those pages I wish I would have seen when I was back in High School and had nothing better to do with my time than skateboard and play video games. Steve Solomon, the founder, and Justin Crawford, the current librarian, should be given a medal for all the work that ...

Give a hoot 5

Give a hoot
Since building the fortress, I’ve learned some hard lessons here on the land. Per instance, gophers are not the only animals that think my garden bed is a all you can eat buffet. We also have deer and bunnies. As cute as all these creatures are… Related posts: Planting time Goodbye Cruel World The Sociable ...

Close Encounter 1

The other day at work something magical (to me at least) happened. As I was going about my not so fun day at work, I was driving up on the hills of Glendale. Getting ready to make a left turn, I saw something going across the street. It looked like a little shadow, I thought ...

green slug

green slug
  Elysia chlorotica. This little gem is indigenous to the salt marshes of New England and Canada. What makes this slug so special is that it is member of both the flora and fauna kingdoms. It claims this hybrid state by producing it’s own chlorophyll, thereby gaining energy from the sun’s rays. All the baby ...