Friday, January 24, 2020

Hops and Spice, Pipes and Paws: How Large a Tale will you Swallow?

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Smoking in a Tavern: David Teniers the Younger What image comes to mind, Dear Reader, when I speak to you of hops and spice, pipes and ...

Project Swallowtail!

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Giant Swallowtail - Gordon Robertson Today  it's my pleasure to pre-announce Project Swallowtail ! Zebra Swallowtail - Megan McC...
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Which flowers attract the most pollinators?

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People often ask me "Which plants are best for pollinators?" There's no perfect answer, but I usually urge people to plant na...
Saturday, October 26, 2019

More succulents we will have on Monday, October 28th 2019

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At Barry Parker's talk we'll have divisions of other succulents. Two that I'm including are the Queen of the Night cactus ,...
Thursday, October 24, 2019

Stinking milkweeds - excellent succulent houseplants!

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Celebrating our upcoming talk on succulents by Barry Parker , here is one of the more unusual succulents in the milkweed family. Stapelia  ...
Sunday, October 20, 2019

Balcony and Apartment Gardens with Succulents

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Barry Parker taught Animation at Sheridan College, and his students work at Nelvana, Pixar, Disney, etc. Barry also helped design animat...
Thursday, October 3, 2019

Back to the Future - Retiring to Help Pollinators

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In the last few years, my posts to this blog have been sparse because I've been very, very busy delivering many academic commitments. B...