"Il faut cultiver notre jardin" (which is one of my favourite quotes
anyway).
On 11/02/2019 09:01, Helen Varley Jamieson wrote:
that is very inspiring, mez! when i'm living in new zealand i have a
small inner city garden which with a little work is very productive &
a nice place for many insects & birds, but in germany i'm limited to
the balcony. i've had an "insect hotel" on it for a couple of years
but no insects have shown any interest in it yet. we do get bees,
mostly bumble bees, & various other insects but really not very many
at all. i grow many herbs including those you mention, flowers & some
vegies, but if you have any good tips for helping insect life on a
balcony, please tell!
a great resource - new zealand specific but with a lot that's relevant
to elsewhere - is the nz organic magazine, https://organicnz.org.nz/.
i'm biased because my sister is the editor, but really it's a
fantastic magazine & is not only about organics but also about soil &
wider environmental issues from industiral farming to helpful
information for home gardeners wanting to be more organic & insect
friendly. you can subscribe to a digital issue or get the hardcopy
delivered anywhere in the world.
it's a dire situation but all of these small things we do ourselves do
make a difference!
h : )
On 11.02.19 04:56, Mez Breeze via NetBehaviour wrote:
Terrible news. Just one of the reasons why these days I live a life
devoted in equal parts to permaculture and creativity: the
permaculture setup here is specifically for insect/bird/reptile
populations as much as its a functional setup for human food
production. It requires no pesticides or herbicides, and crops grown
here are selected in part for their bee and pollinator appeal
[rosemary, sage, borage, oregano, big variety of vegies, have water
gardens to hydrate insects that have avenues for escape if insects
fall in the water, 5 bays housing homemade compost helps, a crazy
number of fruit trees, flowers etc]. And although I do live rurally,
I'm also 2 blocks away from the main street of town, so it's doable
anywhere.
If anyone on this list wants advice, tips, or any other help or info
related to getting started developing an insect-friendly garden [can
be as small as a balcony garden], let me know. I'm more than happy to
help on topics ranging from soil health and maintenance [where it all
starts] to plant selection/water use/conservation etc.
With Warmth,
Mez
On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 10:44 AM Paul Hertz via NetBehaviour
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In Chicago, we've been wondering where the lightning bugs have
gone. When I was a child in Ohio in the 1950s we used to drive
out into the country to see clouds of them lifting off the fields
as the last glimmers of the summer sun faded. When we moved to
Chicago 30 years ago our son caught them in the backyard, in the
middle of the city. I don't know if my granddaughters will grow
up chasing after them, there seem to be so few that come out now.
-- Paul
On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 5:27 PM Alan Sondheim <[email protected]
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There have been a number of studies on this. And in the U.S.
- when we
drive across country - the same. No insects. The last
'grouping' I saw was
maybe ten years ago - grasshoppers escaping a wildfire near
Copperton,
Utah...
On Sun, 10 Feb 2019, Edward Picot via NetBehaviour wrote:
> Scary stuff from today's Guardian, for those of you who
haven't seen it:
>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/10/plummeting-insect-numbers-threaten-collapse-of-nature
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