
Here’s an example of how much land is used for machines and how little for growing food. High Density Apple Orchard in Bella Vista I’d say that was about 75% for tractors, […]
Here’s an example of how much land is used for machines and how little for growing food. High Density Apple Orchard in Bella Vista I’d say that was about 75% for tractors, […]
Check out this ring-necked pheasant sneaking away from me through the sagebrush and wild roses. What a guy. But what an environment! We know pheasants mostly by their habit of bolting at […]
Ring-necked pheasant shows us how. Here’s a closeup that shows his technique. Your turn!
Is life a story of gas pressures in liquid during changing temperature? Is it a story of light following fissures in substance, and so sorting itself out into different qualities? Is it […]
Forget partridges in pear trees. Take a look at this! Ring-Necked Pheasants in a Choke Cherry Tree (or two) Before yesterday morning, I never saw a single pheasant in a single tree, […]
Good news! The ring-necked pheasant up on the hill has two hens. Here he is. The hens are going to fly up in front of me a couple minutes later. Ring-Necked Pheasant […]
So, I’m strolling along, whistling and happy in the sun, when one of the hawks that are so busy hunting in these snowy days leaps off a power pole and hassles a […]
All the waiting was worth it. OK, sure, these royal gala apple trees are pruned hard at their tips to draw heavily fertilized water up past the weak fruiting wood below and are […]
This is the fourth post in which I unravel a year long walkabout into threads, in preparation for weaving them together into book form, not to mention a presentation next week for […]
Sometimes I am reminded that these mountains, lakes, grasslands and forests are part of a planet spinning among the stars. I followed the coyotes up into the hills again yesterday afternoon. Coyote […]