Archive for the ‘Backyard habitat’ Category
Mosquitoes and Mortgages | Real Estate and Public Health
The real estate market across the country is in desperate shape, and there is no sign of it letting up soon. The economy is in flux, and prices were already maxed. Banks and mortgage institutions were partially to blame, because of what Donald Trump calls “exploding mortgage rates”. Partially I say, but not entirely. A [...]
August 17, 2008
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Tags: Mosquitoes, Public Health, Real Estate, West Nile Virus · Posted in: Backyard habitat, Infrastructure, Mosquito Control, Mosquitoes, Public Health, Real Estate, West Nile Virus
Backyard Habitat Notes
Many of the trees listed on the previous page have a large number of common names, and some are very interesting. One of the common names for huckleberry is farkleberry. By the way, all blueberries are the descendants of huckleberry. Wax myrtle is also known as swamp myrtle, and bayberry, because it was used in [...]
August 13, 2008
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Tags: Backyard habitat, Native plants, native trees · Posted in: Backyard habitat, Biodiversity, Native plants, Uncategorized
Backyard Native Habitat Project
This is a list of trees found in a backyard native habitat project that I am working on. It is listed in the order in which they were discovered. The project involves the identification and documentation of species on the property, and the elimination of non natives. The property owner wishes to bring about a [...]
August 13, 2008
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Tags: East Texas native plants, native trees · Posted in: Backyard habitat, Biodiversity, Native plants, Uncategorized