https://biologistsgarden.net/about/https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/toennisson.jpgtoennisson2025-10-30T14:56:17+00:00weekly0.6https://biologistsgarden.net/2017/04/29/vegetable-gardens-are-not-sustainable/https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0025.jpgIMG_0025It's definitely tasty, but is is sustainable?https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/mother-of-all-venn-diagrams1.pngMother of all Venn diagramsWanting a gardening practice that’s universally sustainable is like wanting an apartment in Manhattan that is nice, convenient, and affordable; at best, you can hope for two of the three. https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/title-image.pngTitle image2021-10-23T22:05:26+00:00monthlyhttps://biologistsgarden.net/occupy-biology/2021-07-31T20:58:34+00:00weekly0.6https://biologistsgarden.net/sustain-a-what/https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_0870.jpgIMG_08702021-07-31T20:55:23+00:00weekly0.6https://biologistsgarden.net/geek-out/https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ut-jackson-trial-gardens-2009-108.jpgUT Jackson Trial Gardens 2009 1082021-07-31T20:55:22+00:00weekly0.6https://biologistsgarden.net/2018/08/18/learn-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bugs/https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/pretty-cropped.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/p6101154.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/tat-unusual-insect-ps.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/p6091094-2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/p6091118.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/p6091032.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/how-to-stop-worrying.pngHow to Stop Worrying2018-08-18T17:53:19+00:00monthlyhttps://biologistsgarden.net/2016/10/10/gardening-minecraft-style/https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_14441.jpgimg_14441...but in the end, it doesn't even matter.https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1364.jpgimg_1364We tried so hard, and got so far...https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/minecraft-garden-cropped1.pngminecraft-garden-croppedhttps://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_09051.jpgimg_0905The rose bush was blooming and the wheat was getting taller when the rest of the garden was just starting to sprout.https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0905.jpgimg_0905https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0864.jpgimg_0864The tulips we planted the previous fall were, of course, the first to bloom. The taller, greener grass on the right side of the garden is the wheat starting to perk up.https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/minecraft-garden-design.jpgminecraft-garden-designHere's my son's garden design. We decided when planting the actual garden to replace the front patch of carrots with potatoes to avoid carrot overload. https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0958.jpgimg_0958The wheat was ready to harvest in early summer.https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/winter-and-spring-215-086.jpgwinter-and-spring-215-086https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/late-spring-2015-010.jpglate-spring-2015-0102020-06-08T13:25:13+00:00monthlyhttps://biologistsgarden.net/2018/03/27/controversy-abounds-over-gmo-peeps/https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/peep-title-small.pngPeep title smallhttps://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/peep-title.pngPeep titlehttps://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/peep-eggs.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPeep eggs have very specific incubation requirements.https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/peeps-2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAGMO 'Sparkle' peeps (bottom left) next to traditionally bred yellow and blue peeps (top right)2018-03-27T21:32:28+00:00monthlyhttps://biologistsgarden.net/2017/07/16/a-gentle-plea-for-field-crops-in-the-garden/https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/give-wheat-a-chance5.pngGive wheat a chance5https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/soybean.jpgSoybeanhttps://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/sorgum.jpgsorgumhttps://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/peanut.jpgpeanuthttps://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cotton.jpgcottonhttps://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/buckwheat.jpgbuckwheathttps://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/p5110477-2.jpgP5110477 (2)Raw craft materialshttps://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/give-wheat-a-chance.pngGive wheat a chancehttps://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/winter-and-spring-215-004-e1494511749114.jpgWinter and Spring 215 004Ma and Pa Ingalls, I'm impressed. It takes a lot of work to make a loaf of bread like this by hand!https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_1316.jpgIMG_1316This patch of wheat is suppressing weeds and eventually will become chicken treats, while I wait for some perennials to get big enough to divide and put here.2017-07-18T01:56:44+00:00monthlyhttps://biologistsgarden.net/2016/09/08/odorous-house-ants-the-ant-we-gave-superpowers/https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1366069-ppt-2.jpg1366069-ppt-2Odorous house ants tending scale insects. Photo by Susan Ellis, Bugwood.org.https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/me-collecting-ants3.jpgme-collecting-ants3This is what ant ecology looks like. I promise the hooka-like object I am using is really a device called an 'aspirator' for sucking up ant specimens. There's a screen to make sure the ants stay in the attached vial and don't actually get aspirated...usually.https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/tapinoma-plans.jpgtapinoma-plansOdorous house ants with their young. Other groups of similarly-sized ants can be roughly identified by the “scratch-and-sniff test.” Argentine ants smell like musty socks, most formicine ants smell like vinegar (although one species of Lazius ants smell like citronella), and Forelius ants smell like flowery-perfume. Unfortunately, crushing the ants to smell them does not lend itself to collecting, er, intact samples. Original photo by: Janet Hurley, Bugwood.org.2023-10-23T23:39:31+00:00monthlyhttps://biologistsgarden.net/2017/05/29/science-advice-from-beyond-the-veil/https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/science-advice.pngScience advicehttps://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dad-note.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2017-05-29T02:34:44+00:00monthlyhttps://biologistsgarden.net/2016/11/05/the-hidden-dangers-of-botany/https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/slide3.jpgslide3https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/pa160225.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAWell, you see, Officer, there was this stunning patch of asters along the side of the road and...https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/pb020238.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOnce you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/p9250064.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAI'm sure I can find room for these somewhere...https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/p9250050.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERACome on y'all! There's five more acres of garden around the corner!https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/slide2.jpgslide2...and afterwards.https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/slide1.jpgslide1How your brain interprets the roadside before learning botany...2018-11-02T23:56:53+00:00monthlyhttps://biologistsgarden.net/2016/07/14/would-you-play-pokemon-go-for-science/https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/venomoth-cropped.pngVenomoth croppedThis venomoth was discovered by my coworker in our lab truck on our way home from a research site. Photo credit: Madison Hendrick https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/venomoth.pngVenomothThis venomoth was discovered by my coworker in our lab truck on our way home from a research site. Photo credit: Madison Hendrick 2016-09-24T03:57:54+00:00monthlyhttps://biologistsgarden.net/2016/05/26/dads-garden-a-garden-of-memories/https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dad-garden.jpgDad gardenHere’s the one shot of Dad's wildflower garden that I have. It was taken after the willow was gone, and the sugar maple was just planted. I think my mom planted the daffodils to replace many of wildflowers that died. If you look closely to the left you can see one of the remaining bleeding hearts.https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_13531.jpgIMG_1353https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_1353.jpgIMG_1353https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/scan0019.jpgscan0019https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/chc2000-5.jpgchc2000-52016-09-24T03:30:54+00:00monthlyhttps://biologistsgarden.net/2016/05/21/introduction-to-the-biologists-garden/2016-05-26T00:28:46+00:00monthlyhttps://biologistsgarden.net/2016/02/27/hello-world/https://biologistsgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_0880.jpgIMG_08802016-02-27T23:23:46+00:00monthlyhttps://biologistsgarden.netdaily1.02025-10-30T14:56:17+00:00