Tag: master naturalist
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Riparian Plants: The Heroes of Our Urban Landscapes
Deep dive into Riparian plants and how they help us to control floodwaters and clean up pollution. We’ll look at riparian plant ratings and actual plants found in these zones.
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Fun Owl Facts – Athena
A quick look at some of the most common questions that I get as a volunteer owl docent at the Ladybird Wildflower Center in Austin Texas. Learn some fun facts to impress your friends and become as wise as Athena!
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Building a Bee Spa
Did you ever wonder why bees hang around your A/C unit or try to fly into your drink? Bees need water too, and if it’s not available, they will get creative. This project will help you create a bee spa which keeps bees in a desirable location for them and for you!
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Building a Fruiting Chamber for Recycled Mushroom Blocks
Growing mushrooms from recycled mushroom blocks is a great way help reduce items headed to the landfill, to have fun, and grow food at the same time.
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Gross, What Is That, Poke It With A Stick? It’s Deer Vomit.
If you crossed white slime, with orange slime, some dead insects, and mixed in some bubbles, you would have deer vomit. (Fusicolla merismoides)
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Building A BioReactor – It’s As Fun As It Sounds
Johnson-Su Bioreactors are an interesting alternative to the compost piles that we normally think of where you need to constantly feed and turn in order to ensure success. These are more “hands off”. You set them up and they will consume massive amounts of leaf litter and brown materials with minimal upkeep.
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Insect EXPO And Painting With Maggots
I was super lucky this week to get to work at the Insect Expo that was sponsored by The Entomological Society of America. I ended up working the maggot painting booth which helped me learn a lot more about maggots, and painting with kids.