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I didn’t know a praying mantis would catch something this big. The tomato hornworm must have been almost as big as the mantis was by voice recognition on bob’s droid. Sorry for the Weird capitalization. Website http://www.puravidaaquatic.com/ Spread the Good … Continue reading →

Christmas eve just after nightfall I was leaving the house in the car and as I came down the driveway my lights shown out over the orchard. I caught a glimpse of something in the air and looked again and … Continue reading →

I must have planted my fruit trees on gophercentral. I would get home and a tree would be completely wilted. I could just lift it up out of the ground. I had a lemon that was maybe 2 inches thick … Continue reading →

So this gal looks exactly like the grey one that was in the same bush this last summer. I think it is, and just changed colors. I wonder if it’s the temperature or something else. Anyways it laid a second … Continue reading →

This guy or gal was on in the same area that the grey 1 was in several months ago. It looks almost identical except for the coloration I wonder if they can change colors. by voice recognition on bob’s droid. … Continue reading →

I used to have all sorts of difficulties with the critters mostly rabbits and the ground squirrels chewing into the narrow irrigation lines to the trees. This would end up defeating the emitter at the end of the line and … Continue reading →

The coyote waiting for me to stop taking pictures of it so it can go down into my constructed wetland, get a drink, and hunt for voles. Spread the Good News Below: Permaculture!    

Well as this is supposed to be a blog about my constructed wetland not just about the critters that I find around it I guess I should mention some difficulties. Several of my plants started doing rather poorly in the … Continue reading →

Last night the praying mantis was sitting on this branch at the exact same spot. This morning there were the eggs in the picture. Got my fingers crossed :-) by voice recognition on bob’s droid. Sorry for the Weird capitalization. … Continue reading →

One of my objections to some of the current ideas of teaching in the Los Angeles school district is the focus on critical thinking. My friends you CANNOT think critically about something without any knowledge of it or the facts … Continue reading →