Tag: Gardening
Pestival Festival
Ed alerted me to this–it’s wonderful! And where the heck have I been that I wasn’t in on this myself?? From their Mission Statement: “Pestival is a mobile arts festival examining insect-human interactivity in bioscience, […]
Rock Flipping Day 2009: Mark the day!
International Rock Flipping Day will be Sunday, September 20th this year! Wandering Weta will be the coordinator this year. “Here’s a quick rundown of the procedure: On or about September 20th, find your rock and […]
Goodbye my Lovely (garden)
I’m going to be super busy this week with a huge project at work–and then I have to move. We finally did get an offer on our house, but it’s contingent on our being out […]
Pollinator Week 2009: Homes for pollinators
Homebuggarden commented earlier this week: “Has anyone come across a good source of information on providing nest support for alternative pollinators such as bumblebees, digger bees, and the like?” Indeed, I have! Xerces has an […]
National Pollinator Week 2009: Bees on the radio
In case you missed it, here’s a link to the NPR interview with Steve Buchmann, the international coordinator of the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign. You might remember Buchmann as one of the authors of […]
Pollinator Week 2009: Stuff for Teachers
In 2012 as part of federal budget cuts, NBII was taken offline. I will leave this post here as a testament to the awesome resources we’ve lost. ——- Check out these Pollination Reources for teachers at the […]
Pollinator Week 2009: Food!
It’s National Pollinator Week, and here’s a neat site for you–a complete list, continuously updated, of crops of importance to humans that insects pollinate. Pollinating animals contribute to at least one out of every three […]
National Pollinator Week 2009!
Celebrate National Pollinator Week, June 22-28, 2009! There is a nifty collection of online resources–including document templates, fact sheets, and more–online here! There are even stickers you can print on your printer. Cool!
Whitehouse garden kerfuffle
So, I mentioned before that the First Family is putting in a garden (complete with bee hive!). And, in fact, they plant to make it an organic garden. That choice has stirred up a whole […]