Plants Eating for Free … by Christine Gadbow … At The Mount Cuba Center in Delaware there are some nice pitcher plants growing outside. Some are in pots on the veranda, and some are in the ground near the ponds. The plant in this category that is most well-known is the Venus Fly Trap Read more »
Birding at Cape May, New Jersey
I have to keep reminding myself that this isn’t a competition. You don’t need to be a par golfer to enjoy golf. You don’t need to be able to calculate pot odds in your head to enjoy Texas Hold’em. You don’t have to be an expert film critic to watch a movie. And – Read more »
How to start a Movement and Laura Obenski
by Bill Gadbow No one is more annoying than the recently converted. That would be me. Before starting this online venue, I was pretty ambivalent about the native vs. non-native plant issue. If you took the time to watch my back yard video (thank you, if you did), then you would have heard me Read more »
Pollinator Garden
by Bill Gadbow When we started selecting “pollinator” plants to add to the little garden around the birdfeeder that is watchable from our kitchen window, our intention was to help out Honeybees and Monarchs. We were aiming too low. We found out that there are lots more pollinators to consider. Wasps, moths, Read more »
First Gallery Post
Some Thoughts About the Birds Eat Free Foundation
Six years ago, I wrote, “I want to be a begonia,” and sent that out to all my business colleagues. The explanation was that in a week, I would be starting my new career as an employee of the world. I didn’t expect to be a medical software developer anymore and would lose my title of Read more »
Philadelphia Flower Show
Photos by Matt Wood… This year the Philadelphia Flower Show was held outdoors because of concerns about large indoor groups spreading Covid. That was a good idea, except that the weather didn’t cooperate very well. It was hot and humid. The temperature was in the upper 90s and so was the humidity. Even though timed Read more »
Fall Food in my Backyard
We needed a video for the first episode of the rebuilt website and I’m a “still photos” guy. I got out my camera manual for instructions and then played around in the backyard. The handheld attempt was so shaky that Chris got seasick viewing it. So, I reshot it using a tripod. Please send us your nature videos to post here. Also I will keep practicing and probably will improve.
A Dog Story
I’m not sure why I am in such a hurry to write all this stuff down. After all, these memories have sat inside my brain for decades. A few weeks or months more should not matter much. It might be because I’ve finally realized that every story is both completely true and completely false. Even Read more »
Dragonflies
The beauty of the single drops that hit The pond and cause a wave of life to form And make each lily shiver just a bit Is lost inside the power of a storm. The light that sparkles through two pair of wings And shimmers green and blue on backs and heads Becomes a blur Read more »