When I first moved to Pescadero, the space where I lived was a safe haven for black widow spiders.
Ode to Insect
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Biodiversity Articles
So Many Reasons To Like Dung Beetles
You might not find fresh manure very exciting, but it doesn’t get much better for a dung beetle. Dung beetles belong to a family of insects better known as scarabs.
Annual Christmas Bird Count
At the end of 2023 on December 30th, Point Blue and TomKat conducted a Christmas Bird Count (CBC) at TomKat Ranch for the 7th year since 2015.
The Power of Principles
When I moved to California after graduating from college, I did so with one desire: to do something about climate change. I thought climate change was something we needed to fix.
Notes on Death
I think about death a lot.
It’s an integral part of my job as a rancher—understanding who stays and who goes, when and why and how.
From Death Comes Life, Talking Compost with our Master Gardener Susan Hadacek
If you ask our master gardener, Susan, “What is compost” you’re likely to get an esoteric answer—compost is alchemy, compost is a gift that keeps giving, compost is life.
