I was listening to my friends over at Wiggly Wigglers last night. (Note: We’ve never met, but I’ve gone to bed with Heather, Ricardo, and Phil a couple of times a week for months. Very pleasant people. A bit crowded.)
Anyway, they were talking about growing potatoes in tires (or as they like [...]

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Hah! Made ya look!
Yesterday, I noticed that there were a few branches on my Rainier cherry with pretty nasty infestations of black aphids. I was standing there contemplating what to do about it when I noticed these ladybugs gettin’ it on. It wasn’t too much later that I saw a syrphid [...]

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OK, I was a little terse with the pictures. Allow me to elaborate.
There are a lot of kinds of bees. Many of those bee kinds are living in my yard right now. I’ve got blue and red masons (though, they seem to be about done), green metallic bees, those tiny guys (about [...]

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Went out last night to see what all the racket was in the yard. Breeeep! Breeeeep!
This guy lives in my pond. Well, I say guy. Might be gal. Both? Clearly I don’t know the difference between a worm and a frog. Anyway, this is a Pacific Tree [...]

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