Archive for December, 2008

  • 6 things you need to do in 2009 – A New Year Message from Wyatt Fulton

    6 things you need to do in 2009 – A New Year Message from Wyatt Fulton

    I had the opportunity to spend the Day with Wyatt Fulton as we hiked the Hickory Hammock Trail just outside of Lorida Florida.  According to Wyatt’s GPS we were 4.2 miles into the trail when I asked him, any suggestion for 2009? Here is what he had to say: 1. Take a 12 gauge shotgun [...]

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  • Pine Seedlings

    Pine Seedlings

    Yesterday,  dropped off on my driveway where 67 pine tree seedlings from my friend and OSR frequent visitor Jeff W.  After planting over 400 pine tree seedlings himself, which is no small feat,  Jeff not wanting to waste the rest knew I would plant the remainder.   I had just got back from a walk [...]

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  • Notching, Chewing, Sri Lanka Weevil

    Notching, Chewing, Sri Lanka Weevil

    Our “Guess the Bug” and “Guess the Frog” winner is Ginger!  Ginger writes in: the beetle is a Myllocerus Undatus, a native of Sri Lanka. Good work.  I have always called it a  Sri Lanka Weevil, but seeing how there are over 300 varieties of Weevil in Sri Lanka I will now call it Undatus. [...]

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  • Guess the Bug

    Guess the Bug

    James D, a frequent visitor to OSR and the winner of our Guess The Plant Contest, has graciously recycled his prize and suggests we use it for a new contest.   After much thought I came up with….. Guess The Bug Contest. James, for your thoughtfulness OSR is sending you its copy of Last-Child-in-the-Woods Knowing that you [...]

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  • Hitching a Ride on a Cabbage Palm

    Hitching a Ride on a Cabbage Palm

    Cabbage Palmetto, Cabbage Palm, Swamp Cabbage, Sabal Palm are all the same name for Florida’s and South Carolina’s State Tree. Each boot or slat that grows around the younger Cabbage Palm is a mini habitat.  As the palm grows older the boots gradually drop off and the trunks become slick. I often stop and look at [...]

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