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Turning parsley into butterflies
A few weeks back, we noticed the fattest, coolest looking caterpillar (or “calerpitter” as our four-year-old calls them) on our Italian parsley. We’d decided to grow the parsley because it was easy...
View ArticleCan I possibly pass up National Geographic for $12?
I know the price has always been low, but I don’t think I can pass it up this year. We just got a letter from the National Geographic Society offering a year subscription to their magazine (12 issues),...
View ArticleState legislator says global warming is good for us and our crops
From my own backyard: Larry Powell, a Republican state legislator from Western Kansas, has asserted that increased CO2 levels will make crops flourish. He cites a study that says that, “atmospheric CO2...
View ArticleNearly Always Fatal
The phrase, “nearly always fatal,” or words to that effect, appears in every description of rabies I have managed to find in the last twelve hours. Here is why I’m looking up rabies. Late last night I...
View ArticleNature crushes our robotic overlords
This is from some time ago, but still worth noting. If SkyNet was thinking about starting their world domination with robotic insects, they might want to think again. Nature is awesome. The post Nature...
View ArticleCan haz weather, plz?
One of these days I will be glad we have a weather radio. But in ten years of being woken up by the piercing warble of the weather alarm (a delightful feature that has no volume control) I have yet to...
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Upside down tomato
We have planted our upside down tomato. We’ve also planted some tomatoes in the usual direction, but I am most curious to see how the Topsy Turvy planter fares. The idea is this: you plant your...
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Elm as ground cover
Last weekend we noticed a million (and I am not kidding) little weedlets coming up in our flower beds. And we have lots of flower beds. This weekend they were all still there (stupid mild weather and...
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The floods in Iowa
Our hearts go out to the people, including friends, in Iowa this week. We lived in Iowa City for seven years, and still consider it home. Seeing the pictures, reading the stories, it has been...
View ArticleWe’re moving
We’re moving to a nice golf course down the road. Just spent the morning pulling a deer tick off my wife, then checking all the boys for ticks, too. This a few days after finding a fully engorged dog...
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