Backyard Ecology™

This episode is different from anything I've done before, because Michael Hawk, who hosts the Nature's Archive podcast, and I are sharing each other's episodes. One of the things I really like about t...

17 Jun 20211h 12min

Laurel wilt disease is a disease caused by an introduced beetle and fungus. This disease is deadly to members of the Laurel family which includes redbay, sassafras, and spicebush. Laurel wilt disease ...

4 Jun 20211h 16min

I know from the emails and messages that I've received that many of you are parents, teachers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, or friends of young people. Well, this episode is for all of you. In this ...

20 Mai 202159min

Thank you for joining me on this Backyard Ecology journey. I can't believe we're already up to episode 24 of the Backyard Ecology podcast! And the blog has been going on, in one form or another, for m...

6 Mai 20217min

For many of us, the rhythmic chatter of annual cicadas is a natural part of every summer. But then… every once in a while… the trees explode in a deafening chorus of periodical cicadas. Periodical cic...

29 Apr 20211h 6min

Gardening with native plants has been growing in popularity. Some people want to grow native plants for plant conservation purposes or to showcase the diverse, local flora of their region. Others want...

22 Apr 20211h

Eastern bluebirds are a conservation success story. Their numbers plummeted in the early 1900s. Then in the 1960s and 70s, consorted efforts were started to establish bluebird trails and similar progr...

15 Apr 202144min

It is so easy to come home at the end of a long day, eat supper, and then just sink into the couch to veg out for a bit or keep ourselves busy with household activities that need to be done. I'll be h...

8 Apr 20211h 4min