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Ant Facts and Videos by Kurzgesagt

Ant Facts and Videos by Kurzgesagt

1. Ants do not have lungs. 2. Ants do not have ears. 3. Ants are farmers. 4. Ants have two stomachs. 5. Ants can swim. 6. Ants are slave owners. 7. Ants are as old as dinosaurs. 8. There are more than 12,000 species of ants worldwide. 9. An ant can lift 20 times its body weight. 10. Some queen ants can live for years and have millions of offspring. 11. When ants fight, they usually fight to the death….

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Pruning Grapevines Course

Pruning Grapevines Course

(Full video below the summary) You’ll be pruning 90% (of the BUDS), it may seem a lot but it will be worth it. The trunk will be the oldest part. The canes were new growth last year. Spurs are a darker colour and they’re thicker and they have canes coming out of them. The canes are where the fruit are going to grow. A nice can will have a good colour and will put out shoots. The leaves will emerge…

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Pest Control workshop by Terra Perma at Duncraig Edible Garden

Pest Control workshop by Terra Perma at Duncraig Edible Garden

Summary:Figure out what nature does. Humans have come up with the term pest and it’s personal. Same with weeds (insert link). If we weren’t there these ‘pests’ would be doing things like growth control, composting, pollinating/spreading seed, cycling life, working with nature. To control these pests we need predators and nature will bring them naturally. Too many aphids (one can produce 50,000 in a go!!!), ladybugs show up. Too many caterpillars, paper wasps show up. The praying mantis eat anything…

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The Most Emotional Monsoons/Storms Time-lapse by Mike Olbinski

The Most Emotional Monsoons/Storms Time-lapse by Mike Olbinski

From MikeEarly on this summer when I found myself down by Santa Rosa, AZ watching a gorgeous hail core fall on the stunning desert landscape, and then later that day staring at a haboob with a stacked shelf cloud above it near the border of Mexico, I had a feeling it would be a unique monsoon. It’s funny how every year is different. That’s the beauty of chasing the summer storm season out here in the desert southwest. You never…

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Salmonella, the Unseen Killer at Bird Feeders

Salmonella, the Unseen Killer at Bird Feeders

Recently on social media, people have posted pictures of dead or sick birds in their garden. In one of these posts, a poster posted a picture on facebook of two apparently healthy tauhou/silvereyes found dead under an olive tree They appeared uninjured although they had fluffed up feathers. The photographer, had often found dead tauhou/silvereyes before & asked why this may have happened ? He received many replies, but very few even focused on the cause of death, the vast…

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