Photo: A yellow jacket or paper wasp (Polistes sp.) nest on a ladder. On the farm, we live very close to nature. An example of this happened today. Susie, my wife, complained that the cellphone booster wasn’t working right. She thought Saturday morning’s storm might have misaligned it. Yes, we ... Read More
Archives for June 2016
Brown Tree Frog
The photo is a brown tree frog sitting on my hand. The farm is home to a host of amphibians. With the recent rains we hear a cacophony of lustful toads and frogs singing all night. Among the most commonly seen amphibians are the tree frogs because they roost under house eaves and on tree trunks ... Read More
Blue Iridescent Swordtail
Photo: An early male Blue Iridescent Swordtail used in the development of the strain. We raise a variety of commercial swordtails. While these fish closely resemble the shape of the wild swordtail Xiphophorus hellerii, they are hybrid strains with genes from other Xiphophorus species such as X. ... Read More