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Preparing for the Myakka River Rendezvous

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Regular land maintenance and preparations ahead of the upcoming Myakka River Rendezvous fundraiser have been underway! Mr. Tom cleared the debris all around the crackers’ cabin and uncovered interesting things!   Mr. Robert and his family finished reroofing the pig…

Trough Cleaning Day

Trough Cleaning Day(s)!

Trough Cleaning Day(s)!   Yesterday started the task of trough cleaning and servicing for our livestock tanks. The cattle have mooved to their large and lush marsh pasture, so no one was there to pester me or opinionate about my…

Wildlife Wednesday Hornworm

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Wildlife Wednesday Hornworm In today’s installment of Wildlife Wednesday, we will discuss the situation going on in the photo that I took and shared for Mystery Monday. What you see here is a hornworm or sphinx moth caterpillar that has…

Wildlife Wednesday Glassy-winged Sharpshooter

Glassy-winged Sharpshooter

Meet Homalodisca Vitripennis, the Glassy-winged Sharpshooter In today’s installment of Wildlife Wednesday I’d like to introduce Homalodisca Vitripennis, the glassy-winged sharpshooter. We discovered this “new to us” species on Sunday 8-24-25 on a rainy day in the Agroforestry garden. It…

Grant News

grant news

Crowley depends on grants as we are public supported, gate fees are what keeps our doors open. Grants are a huge piece to providing quality programs for our guests! This week we received wonderful “grant news”! We are excited and…

Museum Musings with Ms Morgan

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More Museum Musings with Ms. Morgan! Top Hat “Some of the artifacts in the museum may seem straightforward but an important part of a museum’s work is to investigate historical objects beyond their outward appearance. Sometimes unassuming artifacts have an…

Wildlife Wednesday – Cabbage White

Cabbage White

In today’s installment of Wildlife Wednesday we will discuss the delightful little Cabbage White butterfly (Pieris rapae [Linnaeus]) This butterfly is the species featured in yesterday’s facebook post, fluttering in abundance around the fading collard green plants in our agroforestry…

Bananas for Crowley

Bananas for Crowley

Bananas for Crowley – A year ago at Fruit Fest hosted by Bok Tower Garden we purchased a baby banana tree from Cody Cove Farm. This year we are already getting a pretty impressive and heavy inflorescence (flowering and fruiting…