Apparently the payment to Waste Management (WM) had lapsed at some point during the last month, and the bi-weekly recycling pick-up didn't take my recycling. (I knew it was recycling pick-up day because my neighbor had put out their recycling bin.) This had happened last year, too. Thing was: last year I received notification. There was none this year.
Ah well. Must report this before it becomes a serious problem.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Foggy morning
It's a foggy morning. However, unlike previous mornings of fog and gloom, this is a humid morning of greenness that could almost remind one of Star Wars' Dagobah. Okay, minus the strange creatures that one saw fly across the screen in Empire Strikes Back, but still, a verdant and steamy fusion that, in any other year, would mean that it would be a hot and humid day. This year, due to the cool weather of the past few days (dipping almost back to freezing at one point), this foggy morning's supersaturation is does not augur a sticky, sweaty, mosquito-filled day.
... and since it is the day before the Saginaw Forest work day, this is a good thing.
... and since it is the day before the Saginaw Forest work day, this is a good thing.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Upcoming work day in Saginaw Forest
This upcoming Saturday will be a work day in Saginaw Forest. From noon until 5pm, friends, colleagues, and their friends and colleagues will come out to the forest to help pull weeds, cut down invasive trees, chop up downed trees, etc.
... and then have a grill-out to celebrate a good day's work.
I hope that it will be a success.
... and then have a grill-out to celebrate a good day's work.
I hope that it will be a success.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Studying the black raspberry
For his master's thesis AB will be investigating the fitness of black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis). Apparently, not a lot of modern ecological research has been done on this native plant, and much of what is available is from natural history descriptions that are somewhat contradictory.
AB's got several plots -- collections of canes that are at least 50 meters apart from each other -- in Saginaw Forest as well as a number in Stinchfield Woods. Hopefully, the work that he does will help give better scientific insight into this plant that is -- at the same time -- both temptingly tasty and annoyingly prolific.
AB's got several plots -- collections of canes that are at least 50 meters apart from each other -- in Saginaw Forest as well as a number in Stinchfield Woods. Hopefully, the work that he does will help give better scientific insight into this plant that is -- at the same time -- both temptingly tasty and annoyingly prolific.
Rainy morning
The temperature dropped overnight to the 40s, and this morning has been rain, rain, rain. Ahh... Michigan springs.
Still, it's nice to see rain on greenery again.
Still, it's nice to see rain on greenery again.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Frog chorus: more than spring peepers now...
The frog chorus has evolved into being more than just spring peepers.
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