#backyard-ecology — Public Fediverse posts
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Lawnmower
There is power in these spinning blades,
green ninja of the grass.The grasshoppers and praying mantes flee and
fly before the whirring wind. The hilly homes
of Appalachian moundbuilding ants are cut down
to jagged holes which spew forth red and black
bodies in an angry burning sea.They do not realize that the hurricane
which slings them and their children
through the air today is predicted again
for next week unless the grass somehow
ceases to grow or the fuel line
springs a leak.September 3, 1996, Rolling Ridge
#1996 #Animals #antMound #ants #AppalachianAnts #backyardEcology #creaturelyLife #Death #ecologicalImagination #environmentalReflection #grass #grasshopper #greenNinja #hurricaneMetaphor #insects #kmls #lawnMower #macroPhotography #mechanicalPower #mowing #Nature #naturePoetry #ordinaryViolence #poemArt #poeticIllustration #Poetry #poetryIllustration #Power #prayingMantis #smallWorlds #suburbanNature #visualPoetry #whirringBlades #Writing -
Lawnmower
There is power in these spinning blades,
green ninja of the grass.The grasshoppers and praying mantes flee and
fly before the whirring wind. The hilly homes
of Appalachian moundbuilding ants are cut down
to jagged holes which spew forth red and black
bodies in an angry burning sea.They do not realize that the hurricane
which slings them and their children
through the air today is predicted again
for next week unless the grass somehow
ceases to grow or the fuel line
springs a leak.September 3, 1996, Rolling Ridge
#1996 #Animals #antMound #ants #AppalachianAnts #backyardEcology #creaturelyLife #Death #ecologicalImagination #environmentalReflection #grass #grasshopper #greenNinja #hurricaneMetaphor #insects #kmls #lawnMower #macroPhotography #mechanicalPower #mowing #Nature #naturePoetry #ordinaryViolence #poemArt #poeticIllustration #Poetry #poetryIllustration #Power #prayingMantis #smallWorlds #suburbanNature #visualPoetry #whirringBlades #Writing -
Backyard Bird Feeding Station
multi-layer backyard bird feeding system that reduced mess, separated feeding niches, and let each species behave naturally with minimal fuss -
Unidentified tiny parasol mushrooms, yellow witches butter, false turkey tails & true turkey tails - all in our backyard 😃
#Moss #lichen #TurkeyTail #fungi #WitchesButter #FalseTurkeyTail
#mushrooms #nature #BackyardNature #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #biodiversity #RainsBringMushrooms #BackyardEcology #mosstodon #lichensubscribe #concentric #fungus #UrbanNature #photography -
Unidentified tiny parasol mushrooms, yellow witches butter, false turkey tails & true turkey tails - all in our backyard 😃
#Moss #lichen #TurkeyTail #fungi #WitchesButter #FalseTurkeyTail
#mushrooms #nature #BackyardNature #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #biodiversity #RainsBringMushrooms #BackyardEcology #mosstodon #lichensubscribe #concentric #fungus #UrbanNature #photography -
A bunch of pollinators are landing in my neighborhood's wildflower garden that never were there before. 🐝 ❤️ 🌻
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A bunch of pollinators are landing in my neighborhood's wildflower garden that never were there before. 🐝 ❤️ 🌻
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a gift from my friend in town: an American Chestnut seedling.
American Chestnuts are endangered in the U.S. because of a chestnut blight introduced from East Asia. It is estimated that the blight killed between 3 and 4 billion American chestnut trees in the first half of the 20th century, beginning in 1904.
People are working on a genetically modified strain, but until that gets introduced, i'm happy to try to keep hope alive and grow this.
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a gift from my friend in town: an American Chestnut seedling.
American Chestnuts are endangered in the U.S. because of a chestnut blight introduced from East Asia. It is estimated that the blight killed between 3 and 4 billion American chestnut trees in the first half of the 20th century, beginning in 1904.
People are working on a genetically modified strain, but until that gets introduced, i'm happy to try to keep hope alive and grow this.
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My little act of pollinator kindness until I can plant a meadow - spare the eastern daisy fleabane while mowing.
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I found ants herding aphids on #orientalBittersweet and I am now torn between my love for symbiotic relationships and my desire to purge that invasive plant with a cleansing fire. 🔥🌱🔥
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I found ants herding aphids on #orientalBittersweet and I am now torn between my love for symbiotic relationships and my desire to purge that invasive plant with a cleansing fire. 🔥🌱🔥