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Trading Hope and Despair For Restoration

Posted on January 23, 2022January 23, 2022 by Shannon

Nature needs all of us to spring into action. Step beyond hope or despair for the future. Restoration is fun, engaging, and exhilarating.

Posted in Conservation, Insects, Living, NatureTagged Bee hotel, Consumption, Longhorn bee, Restoration14 Comments

Pocket Prairie: Helping Our Neighbors, Healing Our Minds

Posted on July 5, 2020January 23, 2022 by Shannon

Tying the proverbial bow on a 1-yr-old backyard prairie restoration project. Still going!

Posted in Birds, Conservation, Insects, Nature, vs. Human habitatTagged Eastern Bluebird, Fawn, Pocket prairie, Restoration, Summer, Wildflowers15 Comments

Patriotism

Posted on May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 by Shannon

A bit of prose, for the times.

Posted in Animals, Birds, Conservation, Insects, NatureTagged American Crow, Calico pennant, Magnolia jumping spider, Mushrooms, Poem, Pugnacious leaf-cutter bee, Tawny Emperor13 Comments

Meet Me In The Summertime

Posted on July 10, 2019July 10, 2019 by Shannon

And I will meet you there.

Posted in Animals, Children, Family, Living, NatureTagged Black Swallowtail, Cecropia moth caterpillar, Cousin, Lily, Pocket prairie, Rainbow, Rat snake, Summer19 Comments

Taking Time To Shoot The Birds

Posted on June 30, 2019December 27, 2021 by Shannon

A late-ish spring birding post on the Texas coastal prairies. With pictures.

Posted in Birds, Conservation, NatureTagged Birding, Black-throated Green Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Cliff Swallow, Common Nighthawk, Dickcissel, Migration, Sanderling, Spring, Summer Tanager, Swainson's Hawk, Whooping Crane9 Comments

Urban Re-wilding: Can Lawns and Wildflowers Get Along?

Posted on April 8, 2019June 7, 2019 by Shannon

It's possible, if we give Nature a chance.

Posted in Conservation, Insects, Nature, vs. Human habitatTagged American Lady, Buckeye, Clover, Evening Primrose, Fleabane, Forest Tent Moth Caterpillar, Herbertia Lahue, Pocket prairie, Texas Butterweed, Wildflowers, Windflower29 Comments

School Gardens: Creating Habitat, Ecosystem Diversity

Posted on February 3, 2019February 4, 2019 by Shannon

Build it, and they will come.

Posted in Insects, Nature, Reptiles, vs. Human habitatTagged Fungus, Gray Tree Frog, Green Anole, Ladybird Beetle, Monarch caterpillar, Mushrooms, Ox Beetle Larva, Pollen, pollination, School gardens, Sunflower7 Comments

Yard-birding: Break In The Chaos

Posted on February 2, 2019December 27, 2021 by Shannon

Pretty birds, wrecking my work as usual.

Posted in Birds, Nature, vs. Human habitatTagged Birdbath, Blue-headed Vireo, Dark-eyed Junco, Northern Mockingbird, Pileated woodpecker, Summer Tanager, Winter, Yardbirds14 Comments

Forging Foraging Friendships

Posted on January 24, 2019December 27, 2021 by Shannon

Either Pericles thinks he's a rabbit, or the rabbits like birdseed. Maybe both.

Posted in Animals, Birds, RabbitsTagged Budgerigar, Friendship, Himalayan, Pets6 Comments

Home Garden: 5 Steps to Stewarding Living Soil

Posted on January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 by Shannon

An easy 5-step toward promoting healthy, living soil with educational resources embedded.

Posted in Animals, Conservation, Food, Gardening, NatureTagged (NRCS) National Resources Conservation Service, Compost, Education, Garden, Infographic, Mycorrhiza, Soil2 Comments

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