Posted on June 28, 2008, 9:36 pm, by Sarah, under
green things.
Tomatoes are, hands down, my favorite vegetable. The recent paranoia surrouding tomatoes from grocery stores and salmonella cases has made me ultimately thankful for the three pots of ruby gems growing on my balcony here in Florida.
And the interesting thing is that I’ve done nothing but water them. Of all the vegetables that can be [...]
Posted on June 16, 2008, 8:17 pm, by Sarah, under
conservation.
Positive feedback, positive thinking, positive attitudes; its all powerful stuff. I’ve been privy to this secret for awhile. Many (many!) zoo and aquarium career staffers have read the classic Dont Shoot the Dog! by Karen Pryor (she who founded the idea of clicker training). Its a bible for animal training and introduces the same powerful [...]
I regularly field questions concerning wildlife native to the state of Florida. With all the invasives present in the state - especially if you lump in the non-native plants into the group - it can be hard to know just what does and doesn’t belong on this subtropical peninsula. When it comes to seals and [...]
Help us keep lobsters from turning.. do something awesome for World Ocean’s Day.. its coming up this Sunday.
You can: hit the beach and pick up some plastic and monofilament, yell at tourists who are stomping on sea turtle nest sites (ok, don’t really yell but do get your point across), convert yourself over to reuseable [...]