Wasps, bees, hornets, bumblebees, beetles, ants, butterflies … everyone is out in the wild cherries today. Nobody is in the orchards ten feet away. And not one single domesticated bee in sight. Look at […]
Wild Bees Going Wild
Want to See Something Beautiful?
Look at these guys! Knapweed Root Weevils Going to Town Knapweed, the scourge of the West, the plant from Hell (well, Stalingrad), has met its match, thanks to a pest importation program. […]
The Future Economy is Here
On Friday (click), I mentioned that the future is here. Now. Not tomorrow. Not on the second Tuesday after the signing of the Keystone Pipeline Accord. Right now. Look up. There it […]
True Green and False Economy
What passes for environmentally sound practices today are deep reflections of an economic system, but they’re not green, and they’re not going to ensure either the survival of the earth or of […]
Renaming the Seasons: Canada and Iceland in Colour
Spring in the Okanagan … and winter in Iceland and spring in the Okanagan and winter in Iceland Different colour palettes expressing different spirit, but it’s the same season. Here again, […]
Walking Among the Children of the Sun
A new year of growth has started, not on the deep bottom lands, but high above, on rock. Here we on a rocky outcropping about 100 metres above Okanagan Lake. The Sun […]
Principles of Innovative Water Capture Technology
To harvest water from the air, turn two dimensions into three… Cedar Fence, Enhanced by Lichen Efficiently harvesting snow and absorbing it for later use. If you like, though, you can also […]
Grass, Desertification, Allan Savary and Carbon Storage
Allan Savory is brilliant. He talks about grass. Believe every word he says, but if you live in Western North America don’t believe a word of it. Source If you would like […]
Muskrats That Live in the Trees
This is an awfully wonderful planet — sometimes delightfully so. Here is a typical reed dweller… Red Winged Blackbird Giving Me the Eye The weak colour of his wing patch indicates that […]
Mosquito Safari
These look like the weeks of waiting, and watching. Hmmm… Mosquito in her Rocky Lair (March 3, 2013) Hanging around shivering until spring and the first humans in bathing suits and T-shirts? […]
Okanagan Okanogan 