Marric Gardens

07/18/2026

Everything is better with good company. 🦋

07/17/2026

The box turtle crossing your road may be older than you. She can live over 100 years. She has been using a home range of roughly 250 yards in any direction for 30 to 50 years — or longer.

The road was built through her territory. She didn't move to the road. The road moved to her.

If you find a box turtle crossing a road, move her in the direction she was already heading. Even if it seems wrong. Even if it leads away from water — she's not a water turtle. She's heading to a nesting site, a food source, or a den she's used for decades.

If you move her to a "better" location, she will spend the rest of her life trying to walk back. She will cross more roads. She will likely die trying to return to a home range she's navigated for longer than you've been alive.

Her population cannot absorb the loss of even a few adults per year. Box turtles reproduce slowly. Most hatchlings don't survive. Every adult female is irreplaceable.

Five seconds of your time. Thirty more years of hers.

07/16/2026

07/16/2026

Post by Michall J. Medina

07/15/2026

Not every bug in your garden is a pest. 🐞 Many beneficial insects pollinate flowers or naturally control aphids, caterpillars, and other plant-damaging pests. Grow diverse flowers and avoid broad-spectrum pesticides to help them thrive.