Monthly Archives: May 2013

Old growth wetlands

Friends Just like old growth forests, the original California wetlands had environments that were incredibly and unbelievably complex. It should not take a PhD microbiologist to understand that they had intricate associations that we have no clue about and simply … Continue reading

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Bald eagle

http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct3=MAA4CkgCUABgAWoCdXPYAQE&usg=AFQjCNEgM-Pd-tdpCi9qPzIgcRLtbDuqkA&rt=HOMEPAGE&url=http://www.kpbs.org/news/2013/may/09/baby-bald-eagle-hatches-in-ramona-grasslands/&ei=492OUZjCEcmsiAL0_AE Cool! A little bit of information about what bald eagles would eat in a grassland environment. http://www.rma.army.mil/refuge/wildrma.html : end by voice recognition on bob’s droid. Sorry for the Weird capitalization. Website http://www.puravidaaquatic.com/ Spread the Good News Below: Permaculture!    

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Rabbits

Maybe I should call my place Three Rabbit Estates :-) Spread the Good News Below: Permaculture!    

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Ladybugs

I must have thousands of ladybugs. They’re all over the stinging nettle down in the orchard. They are also all over one of my aquatic plants in constructed wetland. 1 picture is a mustard plant with 4 on it. 2 … Continue reading

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Wetland plants

I have found two more CA native plants that work in the first section of the wetland. The section with the highest amount of soap coming in. Creeping water Primrose and mares tail. Yes! Spread the Good News Below: Permaculture!    

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Sick tree

One of my trees an Asian pear looked terrible this spring. There were bugs and aphids and little scale insects all over it. The new growth was shriveled and blackened. I transferred a couple of ladybugs and ladybug larvae to … Continue reading

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