The Impatient Gardener: Caterpillars in the Garden or "It Pays to be Pretty"

The Impatient Gardener: Caterpillars in the Garden or "It Pays to be Pretty":

Unexpected Wildlife « Eastern Shore Gardener

Unexpected Wildlife « Eastern Shore Gardener: "We’ve all read at least something about welcoming wildlife in the garden. Providing suitable habitat—including food, water, and shelter—is essential. Sometime the habitat that wildlife chooses isn’t quite what you would expect, though. My current case-in-point is the rather large toad that has been living on our deck all summer long."

Not your grandma’s strawberries | Grist

Not your grandma’s strawberries | Grist:

"In 1950, your parents, grandparents, or a perhaps a younger version of you could eat a handful of string beans -- about three-and-a-half ounces -- and get about 9 percent of the calcium you needed for the day. Almost 50 years later, in 1999, the amount of calcium in string beans dropped by 43 percent, leaving you with only 5 percent of your daily calcium. You could eat more string beans -- except you might not want to, because they wouldn't be as flavorful as in the past. So you could eat more of other vegetables, but it's likely other vegetables wouldon't have as much calcium or flavor as they used to, either. And it's not just calcium: Preliminary research shows that many vegetables have lost significant amounts of nutritional value."

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