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They’re the best, hands down!

Hah I wish! It’s be cuteness overload

Remember to move hornworms to your non-production/trap tomatoes to see more of them!

Looks like Dark Arthur forgot his wings

An acquaintance of mine by the name of Mark Follansbee runs “Wormainea” and teaches folks to do worm bins (vermiculture) in the southern parts of Maine. He’s got a few different guides, whether you prefer videos or written instructions, but I’ve gotten to dig into his setups and they’re pretty easy to set up and keep going - and there’s practically no smell (done right). You’ll have to find something to do with the castings and the worms once the population hits a point.

Aukward

He was very “ehh, I guess you can hold me” until he saw himself, and then he got really into it.

D…Dad?

Wowza! All our mantids this year were way smaller than that

That’s what I’ve used them for as well =D

Happy planning / planting!

You can check out the toolkit over at Permapeople.org, though I’m unsure exactly how open the codebase is. I do know they’re hoping to make it community run in the future, and that the devs share pretty much whatever is asked of them.

Less in the spirit of your question, but something I’ve used relatively extensively is the mymaps.google tool. Here’s hoping someone with some better answers than me comes along (and I remember to check back) to give additional alternatives

What are their names? They’re adorable!

Posts about be(e)ing kind to animals are always welcomed here! If any of you have the means to donate, please consider doing so! If you have other charity drives to help different veterinarian offices in the area impacted by Helene, message us and we’ll see about getting a stickied thread going for the remainder of hurricane season so everyone can contribute in a way they can in an area that needs it

No, certainly not. We need and want you here, advocating for a better future alongside us and organizing with those around you for change 💕

My wife has gotten used to this but some of the neighbors still judge a bit. Then again, we’re the house with the hummingbirds and tons of other nesting migratory birds as well as the house with lightning bugs

Push for it in your state, first. We’re still in the first few cycles using RCV in Maine (I like STAR better) where folks are learning to love it, but there’s no time like now to get that ball rolling. More people need to experience it to shift the national conversation of “whether we should” to “which should we use”

Henry Agard Wallace