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There’s
lots of programs out there to certify your garden as habitat for
various critters. Bee City
USA is part of the famous Xerxes Society to help encourage
people to
grow more native pollinator plants
buy said plants from small local
plant nurseries
stop spraying the heck out of their lawns and gardens.
They also are encouraging people to get their local politicians
and college campuses involved. Do you want your local city
or college to
be designated pollinator-conscious, encouraging the planting of
native plants?
Homeowners / renters / gardeners actually use massive quantities
of pesticides. Most don’t follow label instructions and just go hog
wild. Even the organic pesticides can have devastating impacts on
your local bees and other pollinators.
The local Bee City USA chapter here in Asheville has started their
own certified pollinator habitat program. The nice thing about this
local program is that they designed it to be accessible. You can have
a balcony garden, growing some plants in pots, and
qualify - there’s different requirements based on which level
you’re applying for. I helped my colleague host a zoom meeting
about this program and we had people from all over Western North
Carolina interested in applying. If you’re in the US, there may be
a similar project in your area. If nothing else, you can head over to
the Xerxes Society who
have a tremendous amount of information available.
“ Bee City USA fosters ongoing dialogue in urban areas to raise
awareness of the role native pollinators play in our communities and
what each of us can do to provide them with healthy habitat. Research
has shown significant declines in pollinator population sizes and
ranges globally.
The Bee City USA program endorses a
set of commitments, defined in a resolution, for creating sustainable
habitats for native pollinators, which are vital to feeding the
planet. Incorporated cities, towns, and communities across America
are invited to make these commitments and become certified as a Bee
City USA affiliate.”
While the focus is on urban areas, the fact is, habitat
destruction is taking place everywhere. The more native plants we can
incorporate into the landscape, into gardens, into guerrilla gardens,
the better off the local ecology - and therefore we - will be.
This box has some awesome artwork on it, let’s take a closer look at some of the features on it.
The name of this toy series is called WAR DRAGON. The text is surrounded by some very nice artwork. The subtitle underneath WAR DRAGON is difficult to read, but it looks like it says something along the lines of “the brane war”. If it truly does say “brane” and not “brave”, then if a dragon made it through all of the battles, would they be considered a Veteran of the Psychic Wars?
The box assures us that “THIS PRODUCT IS MOST WELCOME AMONG KIDS!” I’d say this is mostly true, but any hobbyist that’s in the market for cheap models that they can kitbash, paint up, and proxy in for other models would find this “MOST WELCOME” as well. If you do decide to purchase minis like this to use for those types of products, buy more than one, or prime a tiny part of the model first to see what happens. Your primer might interact unexpectedly with the model. The same goes for paint strippers, I would avoid using those.
Last but not least, this toyline is favored by
I mean, if they like it then it HAS to be good… right?
