Sound Horticulture

It's great to see that there is interest in using H**p Hurd material as a peat substitute! If there is anything we can do to improve research funding for the Horticultural industry I hope that we can all encourage this work. Cost is high now, but this could be a very feasible and cost effective solution as it scales up!

Adding h**p to the pot Increasing costs and potential decreasing availability of current potting medium components has prompted growing industries to seek alternative horticultural substrates, like h**p.

Thinking about how heat affects our behavior and how the insects already seem to be acting a little out of sorts this season... Then this popped up. Food for thought that we can consider for ourselves and the Planet we share with so many sensitive creatures.

'Stupid Hot': Heat Waves Muddle the Minds of Animals and Humans as Confusion and Aggression Seem to Rise With the Temperature Wide-ranging research suggests that as temperatures increase, some creatures pick fights while others struggle to learn. The findings hint at consequences that may ripple through ecosystems

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Interspecies relationships… cheers to working together with one another-
We have so much to learn from one another!

A tarantula burrow should be a nightmare for anything frog-sized.

But in parts of the Amazon, the tiny frog gets a pass.

The real detail is how practical the arrangement is.

The guest is often a narrow-mouthed frog, small enough to look like a snack with legs. Yet the spider lets it stay, because the frog handles the kind of trouble fangs cannot fix neatly.

Ants and tiny insects can raid spider eggs, and those are exactly the pests the frog is built to eat.

In return, the frog gets shelter, leftover food, and a bodyguard with enough legs to make the whole neighborhood reconsider its plans.

Scientists think the spider may recognize the frog by chemical cues on its skin, because similar frogs do not always receive the same mercy. That makes this less like a pet and more like a very strict roommate agreement.

Still, the image is hard to beat: a giant predator sharing its dark little fortress with a frog that pays rent in ant removal.

Nature does not always choose friendship.

Sometimes it chooses useful weirdness.

Happy Earth Day! Thank you everyone for taking care of the LIFE around you. This sweet video is compliments of my son in law Michael Dyrland of DP Drones . Normally he's found at a distance doing drone work from the air, but today he's blown my mind with this video of his Mason bees hatching. The longer clips were amazing to see how much time they put into preening themselves and orienting themselves to their new environment as young adults. They are gorgeous! I am loving taking care of ours at home this year as well. Our pollinators truly need our help. There is a much greater incidence of predators and parasites out there to go after them, and less abundance of food resources and habitat to nest in. Let me know if you need more info as to how to tend and take care of these little gentle beauties.

Dyrland Productions Wait for it… nature is unreal. Mason Bees Hatching!