Cicadoidea Okanagan hanging out in the choke cherries. Note it’s companion the ant. I don’t know if they’re just sharing a choke cherry bush or if the ants and cicadas are interacting […]
The Mystery of Cicada and Ant
Compacting the Soil in Vernon
This Mexican rock-picking crew in Vernon is an example of what I call magical thinking. Notice a couple things. First, how many rocks are being picked (to make it easier for machine […]
Coyote Laughs Once More
Apparently, one farmer believes this will keep the tricksters out. I don’t know whether to weep at his innocence or applaud his sense of determination and hope. This could be why coyotes […]
You Have to Earn Your Orange
First, you’re spotty. Yes, the robins are hatched, just in time for strawberry season! There’s a family of four flapping around my yard and getting spooked when I pick my peas. All […]
Do Temporary Foreign Workers Feed the Okanagan?
I dunno. Here are some of these hardworking guys planting Frind’s industrial vineyard in Vernon. It’s hard to say, isn’t it. Wine, a tourist product, sold at about $22 a bottle, may […]
It’s Strawberry Time!
In the greenhouse. This is my fifth pick. And no slugs! A little pollination trouble in the corners where the bumble bees don’t like to go, but who is worrying, eh! We […]
Ponderosa Pine: Almost a Loner
Ponderosa pines are not a species that likes to mingle with other tree species and communicate root to root. They prefer to stand out in the grass and wait for fire. Still, […]
X Marks the Spot: Ancient Art Gallery in the Okanagan
I wonder who marked this stone marmot with an X, and why. Perhaps the artist was signing their name. Note that there are two marmot heads looking to the left. For one, […]
Okanagan Landscaping if Money is No Object
And if beauty is no object, either. Vernon. Where the Iron Age and the Stone Age meet.
Okanagan Art Gets Real
Here’s a food donation box (with twin coffee canisters) on a noisy creekside trail along the highway in Vernon. A fine gesture. Do note that food is not stealable here, but garbage […]
Okanagan Okanogan 