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Preparing for the Myakka River Rendezvous
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! […]
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Wildlife Wednesday Hornworm
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 […]
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Trough Cleaning Day
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 […]
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Wildlife Wednesday 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 […]
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Wildlife Wednesday Aedes Albopictus the Asian Tiger Mosquito
Meet Aedes Albopictus the Asian Tiger Mosquito While waiting for the bus stop with my 2nd grader I noticed a mosquito on the back of my hand. I didn’t feel […]
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A living stained glass window, the Phaon Crescent
Today I happened across this tiny beautiful living stained glass window. I felt very fortunate to be allowed to take these pictures. What we have here is a Phyciodes Phaon […]
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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 […]
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Wildlife Wednesday – 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 […]
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Museum Musings with Ms Morgan
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 […]
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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 […]
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History and Museum Update Old Gold
We are very excited to announce a new volunteer Ms. Morgan Katsarelas, a history and museum enthusiast. She’s going about the huge task of cleaning, researching, and reorganizing our museum […]
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Food Forest Collecting, Saving, Storing and Packaging Seeds
Food Forest We are getting a LOT of interest on our teaching food forest project. Lots of suggestions, questions etc. We love it! Teaching is what CMNC is all about! […]
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Happy Earth Day from CMNC
Happy Earth Day from CMNC! We waited until today to make this fun announcement. We will now be offering seeds and soon, small plants that came directly from the CMNC […]
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Happy Harvesting in the Crowley Food Forest
Happy Harvesting in the Crowley food forest! This wonderful educational addition to our mission was a hit during the Myakka River Rendezvous. Mr. Noah gave tours and explained agroforestry. He […]
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