November 30, 2025 I need a plan to solve a pest-related problem at FECO. So, I gathered more information and thought through alternative strategies – a good exercise for problem solving in general! San Jose scale (SJS) is a hemipterous (true bug) insect (Comstockaspis perniciosus). Perniciosus … get it? SJS is among the most invasive […]
September 24, 2025 You might be thinking this is about rats No. It’s about squirrels that are driving us bats The squirrels are fat pigs They ate all the figs They are basically behaving like brats To Ravenna Blvd, I pointed the way Hoping that there the squirrels might stay The oaks fill the street […]
August 13, 2025 One of our goals at FECO is to honor and learn from the First Peoples who lived on and cared for the land where we garden. Volunteering at the 2025 Tribal Canoe Journey presented a good opportunity to take in characteristics of these Indigenous Peoples’ world view and learn more about their […]