The recent rains have been wonderful for the garden. It’s the best time of the year to plant for us, due to the cooler temperatures and the plants thrive in the current conditions. It is also great weather for frogs.
According to entomologists and ecologists, insects are vanishing at an alarming rate.
You might be surprised by what can be found in your backyard
In this issue we look at the Bandicoot and how we can provide habitat for them in our gardens and bush blocks.
Fact is stranger than Fiction, and those who joined us for Michelle Gleeson’s presentation on insects may have been struck by the inspiration that Sci Fi writers must draw from real live insects when developing their scary ‘alien’ characters.
For our new members, here is information on where to buy local plants. Its worth remembering that Native nursery doesn’t mean local plants from provincial stock. The Landcare nurseries and Coolum Native nursery are the best places to buy plants that are from this area. This doesn’t mean other nursery’s don’t sell local plants but its best to ask.