Monthly Archives: January 2013

Unless the gophers take up snorkeling or scuba diving. My seedlings are also mouse proof, snail proof, earwig proof and as far as I know anything that will eat them proof — knock on wood. I put an air bladder … Continue reading →

They fly so effortlessly. This is 1 of 2 that were floating around overhead. If we kill or poison all their food they can’t survive. So I was talking to someone the other day and laughing that I had got … Continue reading →

Well it looks like I’m going to be speaking from 10 to 11 on the first day, Saturday, March 9. Anyone who enjoys reading this blog and/or looking at the constructed wetland information on my website will thoroughly enjoy this … Continue reading →

Sometime on March 9th or 10th at a beautiful location: Sky Mountain Institute and the Harmony Grove Spiritualist Association — in Escondido CA. I am going to give a brief talk on ponds, how pesticides breakdown in our environment, and … Continue reading →

Gophers on their side of the “moat”     Spread the Good News Below: Permaculture!    

I found this little guy yesterday. Not as familiar with salamanders as I am with snakes. Looking it up on the web produced…. http://www.californiaherps.com/salamanders/pages/b.nigriventris.html an excellent web page that shows many of the difference between very similar species. I forgot … Continue reading →

There are now 2 pairs of Western spadefoot toad swimming around the pond0. I have never seen them in the constructed wetland. I assume because they cannot climb in. The pond is level with the ground. So the wetland is … Continue reading →

Everybody who let the Monsanto and Pepsi companies buy their vote on Califonia’s Proposition 37 ought to be ashamed of themselves. Even if you don’t care whether YOU eat GMOs, you allowed big chemical companies to buy from you the … Continue reading →

http://www.kpbs.org/news/2013/jan/22/eagles-build-nest-near-ramona/ Yes THINK about what DDT did to our environment. And now think about how our companies (yours and mine — it’s our country and we are responsible for its behavior) are still manufacturing and exporting DDT to third world … Continue reading →

Western Pacific chorus frog. They move down from the oak trees into the water in the rainy season. How they know is beyond me. But we are supposed to get rain in a couple of days. Bob Spread the Good … Continue reading →