I know, I know, Chinese elms are a weed. They grow well here, though. Their flowers feed spring birds. In turn, those flowers have a zillion seeds … … and pop up […]
Sustaining the Okanagan 11: Weaving Water to Combat Desertification
Irony in the Garden
Here’s my front yard. Note the flowers I have planted instead of a lawn. It has been a very exciting place lately. Dozens of species of bees and many species of beetles […]
Why Did the Snake Cross the Road?
Answer: to get cool in the remains of yesterday’s rain! Bull Snake on a Hot Afternoon, Chilling Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Yeah, but this is a tractor road linking two sections of a vineyard, and […]
Party Time
Spring lasts from October through May in these parts, even outdoing the below zero temperatures and all that snow and brrr and complaining down at Safeway. That makes for eight months, actually, […]
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