Book Review

What a gift to have someone as experienced as Dave Goulson, award-winning entomologist, conservationist, and biology professor write this important book on how to become aware of the world of insects all around us. I am now intrigued by how important insects are to all of nature, including ourselves. As a boy growing up in Shropshire, England, Goulson brought some caterpillars home from the school playground. When they transformed into cinnabar moths, his path opened out before him: “This seemed like magic to me—and still does. I was hooked” (p. 1).

Book Review Backyard Bounty by Linda Gilkeson, published in 2018 by New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, B.C.

Cultivate a green thumb.....or make yours greener by Mary Trainer, Master Gardener Program Participant, 2022 

Oh sure, it's easy,' they told me, the newbie vegetable gardener. "You throw some seeds in the ground, water them, and in a few weeks, voila! That seemed encouraging....but, I mused, why was I, a beginner, so frustrated trying to make it work?