Arachnids

Around the Bend: 07.25.08 - 07.31.08 (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)

25 Jul 2008

around for Friday, July 25

All the right ingredients - Family known for producing delicious garlic in tucked-away town (Missoulian)

25 Jul 2008

Antje Baty, left, and her daughter Yvonne, 6, peel garlic bulbs last week on Wild Plum Farm, their family farm, in Dixon. The Baty family plants about 18,000 garlic plants yearly and sells the bulbs to stores in Montana.

Nature Watch: Creek Walk Aug. 2 at Steele Creek Park (Bristol Herald Courier)

25 Jul 2008

When we were little kids, we used to watch water striders on the surface of the creek at our parents’ farm. It was fascinating to see that a creature could be so lightweight that itsfeet wouldn’t break the water tension. We also tried to catch crayfish and watched the minnows swim in tiny schools beneath the gleaming water.