Archive for March, 2009

  • Cabbage Palm – Nature’s Resolve Revisited

    Cabbage Palm – Nature’s Resolve Revisited

    Dr. Tom Poulson writes in response to an earlier post titled, Nature’s Resolve Discovered-The Real Heart of the Cabbage Palm. “The cabbage palm with almost all of its lower trunk missing is interesting.  Unlike other trees, like oaks, palms grow only from the tip so, if you harvest the “heart” of the palm [...]

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  • Guess The Bone-Alligator Scute

    Guess The Bone-Alligator Scute

    Dudley S. correctly Guessed The Bone as an Alligator Scute.  The Scute provides support for the alligators back and  acts as a solar panel to maximize the absorption of heat. Dudley you will enjoy Eric Blehm’s The Last Season, “Randy Morgenson was legendary for finding people missing in the High Sierra….Then one [...]

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  • Guess the Bone

    Guess the Bone

    During the last year we have had a Guess The Plant Contest, Guess The Bug Contest, and Guess The Frog Contest, so its time for Guess The Bone. This bone was spotted in a swampy area just southwest of Lake Okeechobee.  If you correctly Guess The Bone, OSR will send you, free of charge a used [...]

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