July 2011
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Take A Hike
This is mostly an invite for locals, but I’m planning to hike to Lake Blanche up Big Cottonwood Canyon this Saturday at 7:00 a.m. One of only two known colonies in Utah of “Nodding Brownies” lady slipper orchid (Cypripedium fasciculatum) grow by the lake and I’m leading a group of Utah Native Plant Society folk up there to see it.
It is not an easy hike. Steve Hegji was...
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Bugged
There was a time when I called pest exterminators. I had a disturbing number of spiders in the basement. So I had them sprayed. I spotted a volleyball-sized wasps nest up in the Silver Maple one year. So I had it sprayed. But it wasn’t until I saw the big bumblebees going up under my siding that I took pause. I didn’t know much about them, and the thought of bees making residence...
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UNPS August Newsletter All About Penstemons! →
I couldn’t make the society’s June meeting dedicated to Penstemons, or the American Penstemon Society’s annual gathering this month in Oregon, so the least I could do is post a link to the UNPS newsletter that features an excellent Penstemon FYI article by Walter Fertig. There’s also a wildflower article by Steve Hegji on improving your wildflower photography techniques....
“It’s better to be an occasionally surprised pessimist than a chronically...”
– As said by me in a surprising show of wisdom and quotability.
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