Links that may or may not be related to gardens, food, travel, nature, or heterotopias and liminal spaces but probably are. Sources in parentheses. Unless mentioned, all links should be free of paywalls.
article: Over 350 Wild Bee Species Found in Vermont, with Help of Community Scientists (Vermont Center for EcoStudies) “For over a decade, the authors and a corps of over 2,500 volunteer community scientists searched across the entire state. Additionally, the scientists combed through historical museum and private collections containing thousands of specimens, carefully verifying the identification and digitizing each specimen. … Some observations uploaded by community scientists to iNaturalist.org were remarkable, including a male Ground Cherry Sweat Bee (Lasioglossum pectinatum), and the first state record of Mock-orange Scissor Bee (Chelostoma philadelphi). The study discovered nine species previously unreported in New England [and] several species not regularly found elsewhere in New England.”
photo essay OR essay with photos: Notes, illustrations, and photos from a 160-mile walk across Massachusetts (Russell Samora/The Pudding) You can choose whether to see more text accompanied by images or mostly images with a little text.
illustrated how-to: Ratfactor’s Illustrated Guide to Folding Fitted Sheets (Dave Gauer) Includes A Simple But Tedious Method and an Arm-based, corner-gathering, quarter sheet folding method, as well as some fitted sheet history.
article: Rain Garden at New England Botanic Garden (Laura Knosp/Ecological Landscape Alliance) The visitor entry area at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill (Boylston, MA) was redesigned several years ago, including an integrated stormwater management system with “rain gardens, vegetated swales, filtration catch basins, underground infiltration chambers, and detention basins. This article briefly discusses the aims, the design, and what has worked and what (so far) hasn’t worked as well, and it includes lists of specific shrubs, perennials, and grasses and sedges used in the project.
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