Home of a Feral Biologist

It's not a pretty sight. When I planted last fall, I thought I'd never have to buy garlic again, since I got such a bountiful harves...

Tuesday was the Summer Solstice, and that night, the shortest night of the year, a great big Texas thunderstorm came rolling through and dum...

I have seen a few fireflies lately, but not many. Don't know if it's the drought, or the fact that I haven't gone on enough even...

The latest issue of Conservation Magazine 's cover article is Closed-Source Crops , about the patenting of genetic material in crop plan...

May seems to be a big month for fledglings here in Central Texas. Lots of young birds have just left the nest and are learning to fly and ca...

I was afraid that this moon name would be out of place for this year, because things weren't looking very green. May is normally suppose...

The thunderstorm was gone by afternoon, but it stuck around long enough to give my garden a good watering and fill up my rain barrels. I...