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Maui Activities for Invasive Species Awareness Week
It’s Hawaii Invasive Species Awareness Week and on Maui, we’re focusing on ant awareness (more activities to follow). What do you know about the little fire ant? Here’s a change to… more →
Maui Invasive Species Committee
Escaped from Gardens: Invasive Plant Species in the United States
wrote 2 days ago: This post was originally published on Smithsonian Science. Non-native plant species pose a significa … more →
mid-May garden tour
wrote 2 days ago: Rhubarb will be ready to pick very soon. The pink stalks look gorgeous. I can harvest from only one … more →
Naaayy ... horsetail!!
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wrote 4 days ago: Horsetail (Equisetum arvense), also called Mare’s tail, has got to be the most hated of all we … more →
Spring is here
wrote 5 days ago: And modern practice (greenhouse seedlings) means I have already made my first harvest. There is a bu … more →
Growing Like Weeds
wrote 6 days ago: By Ted Farnworth “They grow up so fast.” I’ve heard that said several times in the past couple of we … more →
A better view
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wrote 1 week ago: In spite of the continued April showers – yes, it is May – and the cool temperatures, af … more →
Invasive Plants
wrote 1 week ago: Invasive plants should be ripped out while the soil is still damp, otherwise you will have a hard ti … more →
Planting at Glenway Prairie Sites Scheduled for Ma y 18
wrote 1 week ago: Sandy Stark, DMNA Bike Path Chair, sends a friendly reminder that the 3rd Saturday work party is com … more →
Bamboozled
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wrote 1 week ago: The neighbor planted bamboo, the running kind, next to the fence, on his side. Now it has invaded th … more →
Post a Pic Tuesdays-- Juniper Burn, or the Desolation of Stupid
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wrote 1 week ago: As is occasionally the case with country living, accidents will happen. In this case, a stray spark … more →
Retama
wrote 1 week ago: I have had an unlucky morning in the photography department but still got to see a lot of wildlife. … more →
Garlic Mustard Strikes Again!
wrote 1 week ago: This invasive plant, garlic mustard, is out now and will soon bloom. If you see this around, pull it … more →
Spring Pond Clean Up and Brunch
wrote 1 week ago: When - Saturday May 18 - rain date Sunday May 19 - Time – 10 am – 2 pm Where – Oak … more →
Delicate Green Monster
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wrote 1 week ago: by Ted Farnworth So it looks like winter has finally given up and there are signs of spring all arou … more →
Beauty and the Beast
wrote 1 week ago: Home from travels and thinking, again, about weeds. Ah…weeds. One of my stops was in Kansas, … more →
Time for bamboo to send new shoots up
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wrote 1 week ago: Every spring after the ground has warmed up and there’s been a few good rains, the bamboo begi … more →
Invasive Phragmites and Cattail
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Wetland plants that are invasive. I wanted to address a comment that mentioned my use of the word in … more →
Princess Tree -- a Conundrum!
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wrote 2 weeks ago: These lovely, fragrant flowers are from Princess Tree, Paulownia tomentosa, a native of China that i … more →
Garlic mustard time
wrote 2 weeks ago: Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) is an extremely invasive plant, but of all the invasive plants t … more →
