It’s just a log, right? So why are the dogs so interested?
Here’s a better look: Continue reading
Are there snakes there?
Answering Nancy’s question:
Why yes, there are snakes. This timber rattler was crawling into the vines: Continue reading
Dogs in swamp
Every dog should have a swamp:
To wade around in with her sister: Continue reading
Pointing brown dog
Brown dog wants Gretchen to know there’s something in that blackgum:
I’ll just stand like a statue until you see it.
Yellow dog helps point. Continue reading
Yellow dog and raccoon
What the brown dog saw in the tree:
A raccoon. Yellow dog sees it, too: Continue reading
Brown dog tries to climb tree
Silly brown dog! Dogs can’t climb trees!
Wonder what’s in the tree?
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 4 July 2010.
Squirrel on Feeder
Cat squirrel eating from a bird feeder.
Or, as he calls it, breakfast.
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 4 July 2010.
Birds in Fountain
Birds in a fountain.
Or, as they call it, their birdbath.
Video by Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 4 July 2010.
Pesticides Linked to ADHD
Researchers tracked the pesticides’ breakdown products in children’ urine and found those with high levels were almost twice as likely to develop ADHD as those with undetectable levels.Then they try to greenwash the problem by saying to wash food before eating. Sure, that will help a bit, but many of the chemicals are inside the food, not just on it.The findings are based on data from the general U.S. population, meaning that exposure to the pesticides could be harmful even at levels commonly found in children’s environment.
“There is growing concern that these pesticides may be related to ADHD,” said researcher Marc Weisskopf of the Harvard School of Public Health, who worked on the study.
“What this paper specifically highlights is that this may be true even at low concentrations.”
Organophosphates were originally developed for chemical warfare, and they are known to be toxic to the nervous system.
The problem is that by waging chemical warfare on weeds, we’re waging chemical warfare on ourselves.
-jsq
PS: Glysophate (RoundUp) is an organophosphate.
Cover Crops to prevent erosion
Sarah Uttech writes that
Cover crops reduce erosion, runoff:
Cover crops may be more effective at reducing soil erosion and runoff after maize harvest than rough tillage, according to scientists from the Université Catholique de Louvain, in collaboration with the Independent Center for the Promotion of Forage (CIPF).This study was done in Belgium, but Tifton A soil we have around here is a sandy loamy soil. And as we know from research done in Georgia, around here we also need to manage the mutant pigweed, and for that a combination of plowing and winter cover crops works best.The three-year study, supervised by Charles Bielders and conducted by Eric Laloy, measured erosion and runoff losses from silt loam and sandy loam soils in continuous silage maize cropping. The research revealed that cover crops reduced erosion by more than 94% compared to bare soil during the intercropping period. Cover crops and reduced tillage appeared equally effective in reducing runoff and soil loss between cropping cycles, despite the fact that the cover crop development was very poor.
The results were reported in the May/June 2010 edition of the Journal of Environmental Quality, a publication of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.
-jsq