Comments on: Thinking Eco-logically and the Food Web of a Bluebird http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2008/08/05/thinking-eco-logically-and-the-food-web-of-a-bluebird/ Organic Grocery Market, Shop Local, Small Farms, Family Farms Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gene Logsdon http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2008/08/05/thinking-eco-logically-and-the-food-web-of-a-bluebird/#comment-2662 Gene Logsdon Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:48:18 +0000 http://organictobe.org/?p=1167#comment-2662 Kerri, If you want your head to explode even more, read some of Jean Henri Fabre's books about insects that he observed in his backyard. Thanks for your great comment. Gene Logsdon Kerri, If you want your head to explode even more, read some of Jean Henri Fabre’s books about insects that he observed in his backyard. Thanks for your great comment. Gene Logsdon

]]> By: Kerri http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2008/08/05/thinking-eco-logically-and-the-food-web-of-a-bluebird/#comment-2653 Kerri Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:51:34 +0000 http://organictobe.org/?p=1167#comment-2653 Gene, I think my head just exploded. Thanks! I'm not even going to try to wrap my head around the enormity of the interconnections going on, even in my yard. I've got three different kinds of bees, zillions of spiders and more kinds of daddy longlegs than I've ever seen before. They all do things but what that is escapes me. And while the root maggots and leaf rollers have been deterred this year by determined hunt-and-squish, there's a purpose for them, too. And why don't I see many birds? And what about the profusion of white clover that suddenly covered the yard towards the end of July? What does that mean? Dang. I've gone and exploded my own head. Guess I'll just keep watching and seeing how what I do fits in with what all the rest of the life around me does. I suspect it will take me longer to fit in but I'm willing to be patient. Kerri in AK Gene, I think my head just exploded. Thanks!

I’m not even going to try to wrap my head around the enormity of the interconnections going on, even in my yard. I’ve got three different kinds of bees, zillions of spiders and more kinds of daddy longlegs than I’ve ever seen before. They all do things but what that is escapes me. And while the root maggots and leaf rollers have been deterred this year by determined hunt-and-squish, there’s a purpose for them, too. And why don’t I see many birds? And what about the profusion of white clover that suddenly covered the yard towards the end of July? What does that mean?

Dang. I’ve gone and exploded my own head. Guess I’ll just keep watching and seeing how what I do fits in with what all the rest of the life around me does. I suspect it will take me longer to fit in but I’m willing to be patient.

Kerri in AK

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