Blog Entries

Did you know?

by Leslie Cox; Monday; September 30, 2024

Did you know…

…a massive pumpkin named Michael Jordan smashed the world record for the heaviest gourd at the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in California in October 2023 and earned its grower a neat $30,000 USD in prize money.

The 2,749 lb (1,247kg) pumpkin grown by Minnesota horticulture teacher, Travis Gienger, beat the previous record set in 2021 of a pumpkin grown by an Italian which weighed in at 2,702 lb (1,225 kg).

Quote of the Week

by Leslie Cox; Sunday; September 29, 2024

Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.

~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

Foto Friday

by Leslie Cox; Friday; September 27, 2024

Came across this lovely spider web on a recent hike through Elk Falls Provincial Park just west of Campbell River. Luckily, it was not stretched across the trail…and…the dappled light coming through the forest was just right for taking a photo. What an engineering wonder!

Unfortunately, I missed snapping my photo when the spider was posing in the centre of its web. Just as I was set to take the picture, the spider skittered to the edge of its web. I took a snap of him there anyways and on a closer inspection I realized the spider had just caught its lunch!

Plant IDs updated

by Leslie Cox; Wednesday; September 25, 2024

Two more Plant IDs have been updated in the new format layout. The photographs in both the new Baptisia australis and Buddleja davidii ‘Harlequin’ plant information pages are now accessible and working as they should.

Click on the photos and they will open in a new tab in a larger size for viewing both on this page and their Plant ID pages.