Fox Island Marsh Farm

11/22/2022

These special stations are filled with a mix of native wildflowers and sedums, making people and pollinators happy.

01/04/2022

10/12/2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/04/movies/david-attenborough-a-life-on-our-planet-review.html

In this moving documentary, the famed naturalist maps how steeply the planet’s biodiversity has diminished over his lifetime.

08/20/2020

https://www.google.com/search?q=ising+black+plastic+to+kill+invasives&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

08/18/2020

Life in a honey bee hive is all about cooperating for the collective good.

08/01/2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/31/metro/temperatures-rise-nightmare-toxic-algae-plagues-hidden-gems-cape-cod/?event=event25

Warming temperatures, increased development, and more powerful storms that wash fertilizers, wastewater, and other damaging nutrients into Cape Cod's ponds have created ideal breeding grounds for cyanobacteria, the toxic ingredients of algae blooms that can multiply in dangerous amounts in very shor...

07/19/2020

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-do-people-burn-blueberry-fields?utm_source=share_by_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mailto_share

Using all four elements to grow the perfect berry.

07/06/2020

Americans do love their lawns. But when it comes to nature, they are biodiversity deserts. Find out how people are designing an end to the toxic yard and bringing new models to life.

06/19/2020

https://www.vnews.com/The-Oriole-Nest-34736199?utm_source=HeadlineAlerts&utm_medium=DailyNewsletter&utm_campaign=HeadlineAlerts

I grew up on a street lined with tall, stately elms. While walking to school one day, I found a bird’s nest that the wind had blown down. The nest was a beautiful, silky gray pouch. My teacher helped me identify it as a Baltimore oriole’s nest. Over...

05/31/2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/opinion/lawn-pesticides-insect-extinction.html

Homeowners use up 10 times more pesticide per acre than farmers do. But we can change what we do in our own yards.