Managing Mosquitoes While Protecting Pollinators Part II
Your family’s health and pollinator protection does not have to be relinquished in exchange for managing mosquitoes. The impact of mosquito spraying on pollinators is …
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Managing Mosquitoes While Protecting Pollinators Part I
They’ve been around for roughly 200 million years and are most active at 80°F and unable to function below 50F. They can sense the lactic …
The Last Bee – A Poem for Earth Day
The Last Bee by Kenda Swartz Pepper She rested gently in his soft, young hand In awe, he stared, at a smallness so grand. What …
10 Ways This Plant Can Improve Your Life
We pull them, mow them, dig them, stomp them, spray them, shout at them, and lament how they are a nuisance in our lives. Dandelions. …
Peppers’ Annual Photo Montage: Farewell 2016, HELLO there 2017!
Hi-dee-ho! Welcome to the Peppers’ 10th annual earth-happy New Year video card! 365 days 291 photos 6 minutes Sit back, turn up the volume, grab a …
Fall for Pollinators
He looked like something out of the cartoons, a dazzling green blubbery caricature of himself. Given his lazy, lumbering gait, this little guy was in …
21 Days for World Hunger – Day 21: The Power of Activism
Today, Day 21 of 21 Days for World Hunger is also World Food Day. On October 16, 1945, forty-two countries met to create a goal: to free humanity from …
Day 20 of 21 Days for World Hunger: Watch This, Read That
Wow. So close. Almost there. As we turn this last corner and look Day 21 right in the eyes, I want to share some of …
21 Days for World Hunger – Day 19: Eat Plants
Day 19 of 21 Days for World Hunger, just two morello to go. Did you see that? Autocorrect chose the word “morello” for me. Virtual …