Foto Friday
by Leslie Cox; Friday; August 23, 2024
Finally caught the rhubarb leaf culprit in the act! The dastardly critter responsible for putting unsightly holes in the large, classically structural leaves on a favourite vegetable plant in our garden. Meet Arion rufus…also know as Arion ater ssp. rufus or more commonly as European black slug or simply black slug…an introduced species from Europe and the UK.
Did you know?
Quote of the Week
by Leslie Cox; Sunday; August 4, 2024
People are seeing the impact of climate change around them in extraordinary
patterns of floods and droughts, wildfires, heatwaves and powerful storms.
~ John Holdren
Foto Friday
by Leslie Cox; Friday; August 2, 2024
We came across this lovely pond on a walk in Bear Creek Park.
Pleasantly surprised to see these beautiful water lilies in bloom.
Did you know?
by Leslie Cox; Monday; July 1, 2024
Did you know…
…almost half of all assessed plant species are threatened with extinction?
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) provides the means and support for evaluating global threats of extinction to all eukaryote species on earth – animal, plant and fungus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is the foremost comprehensive information source on the global extinction risk to these species.
Some facts:
- There are an estimated 8,700,000 eukaryote species worldwide.
