Nature and Gardening

Dr. Tallamy is an entomologist, ecologist, and conservationist, and a professor at the University of Delaware. He's also authored a number of books on these topics. In this video he walks viewers through some of the research gardens at the University of Delaware and speaks about design, species selection, and a host of other topics to help gardeners make their landscaping more supportive of native species.

Planted this last year and it feels so good to see it come back this year.

Edit: Added the city of Plantation.

A "BioBlitz" is an event where you go around and make observations of wildlife all around you using the citizen science app/website iNaturalist. The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) runs the "Parks for Pollinators" BioBlitz every September, across the United States, lasting the whole month, and focusing mainly on plants and the animals that pollinate them (mainly insects and birds) in local parks. But you can record observations of any sort of living thing you want, anywhere, as much as you want, anytime.

Here's their homepage for it: https://www.nrpa.org/BioBlitz/ ...but probbaly more relevant is the iNaturalist project for it (click here, or the link at the top). You can use the map to see the various BioBlitzes going on all over the country as part of NRPA's umbrella event. Hopefully, there's one near you!

If there is, be sure to check your local events calendars, because there might be special events on specific days. For example, here in Florida, there are the following BioBlitz events (and some have special events on specific days - I'm not sure about the last three, but you can check yourself):

• Markham Park (special event: September 2, 10am ~ 12noon) (observations also count for City of Sunrise)
• City of Plantation (in Plantation Preserve Linear Trail and Golf Course) (special event: September 9, 9am ~ 11am)
• Quiet Waters Park (special event: September 9, 9am ~ 11am)
• City of Sunrise (special event: September 9, 10am ~ 1pm, at Sawgrass Sanctuary)
• Miramar Pineland (special event: September 13, 9am ~ 12noon)
• Central Broward Regional Park (special event: September 23: 9am ~ 11am)
• Delray Beach (in Old School Square Park)
• Palm Beach County
• Pinellas County

But, of course, you can go to these places anytime in September to participate -- you don't need a special event.

If you want to participate, you'll need an iNaturalist account, and any relevant observations you make in participating locations will automatically be counted in applicable projects. If you join the project, you'll also get the project's badge displayed on your observation!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.poundncashdown.com/post/132323

An ambitious project for me. It was a lot of fun to figure out. I'm hopeful that it'll grow in and cling to the rock in the future. Getting rid of that wire would be nice.

Once it puts out some growth and shows that it's established, I'll do some semi hard pruning to refine the shape a bit.

The pot is one I formed by hand with a mix of portland cement and perlite dust.

I was gifted a plant a couple months ago. I've been a bad parent and have not taken proper care of it. If I miss a watering, it'll get all depressed like this. After attending to it, it usually recovers within a week, but this time it is having a hard time. Beeple, will it recover or is it a goner? Could I have overwatered it this time? Or does it need more water? I'm scared for my baby, what should I do?

A leaf hopper on the lip of my saracennia. Taken with a Pixel 5.

There are so many local names for this insect: water strider, water skipper, water skimmer, water bug... got any more?

These rare kills in Washington State have biologists searching for answers. “Everyone always assumes wolves have the upper hand,” says one scientist. “But that’s not always the case.”

archive link: https://archive.is/JCvom

I received this plant as a gift from my job a few years ago with no additional information. I was only watering it once a week since I thought it was a succulent and that succulents did not need much water; but I recently learned succulents do like water and I'm not sure if this is a succulent anyways.

Can anyone help me identify this plant and the correct care for it? (I apologize if this is a very obvious situation to most.)

I just moved to a new apartment this past weekend and I think I could fit a few plants in before the frost.

I'm thinking of having three pots, one spinach, one kohlrabi, one radishes.

I've done a little research so I (think I) know the basics, but does anyone have any hot tips for someone just starting out?

It was always a lovely sight to view.

Wherever you exist in the spectrum of 'my dude'hood

[Image description: a ¼ inch long green frog hangs out in my palm]

First rain in a while around here. I noticed the ash tree in my backyard was oozing bubbles, had never seen that before. It turns out, it's a thing!

https://bygl.osu.edu/node/1595

cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/598913867992226541

Cicada killer wasps

I think they're both males, because the females are bigger. The males technically can't sting (and the females only do if you're really asking for it), but it's still scary to get up close to one.

#wasp #CicadaKiller #insects

@bugmenagerie@possumpat.io

[Image description: a young child holds up several purple potatoes by the plant stem while smiling]

He also found out that they come in purple, which was a lot of fun for him.

Like Marge and potatoes, I just think they're neat.