Just don't stick your finger in there. I SAID JUST DON'T STICK YOUR...
Submitted by Dick Wanner on Thu, 08/13/2009 - 4:34pm.
Okay. The Humane League won't like it, but nobody gets hurt and maybe it'll give Michael Vick something legitimate to do. http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=hilarious+camel&qs=n&docid=1103438151771&mid=1D6FCB51FBD651A5B7A91D6FCB51FBD651A5B7A9&FORM=VIVR34
If you have a bog on your farm, and you like having it there, you might be interested in keeping track of its health. Which sounds like you'd need a lot of expensive monitoring equipment, a research assistant and maybe a grant or two.
Actually, all you need is a population of pitcher plants, those carnivorous little horrors that trap hapless insects. And eat them. Pitcher plant varieties grow in wet spots all the way from near the Arctic Circle to Florida. They eat meat to compensate for low nutrient levels in their usual growing environments.
A couple of Canadian scientists hit on the pitcher plants as ecological monitors a few years ago when they were looking for a way to monitor the health of bogs in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. And when they embarked on their project, they discovered other scientists who were also interested in the pitcher-plant-as-ecological-monitor phenomenon.
You can read more about their work here: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/pitcherplantsensor/
They're cookin' in Philly, and it ain't cheesesteaks. Five Philadelphia moms decided a couple of years ago that they wanted to get a little bit closer to the food they feed their families. They started out not knowing how to cut up a whole chicken, and now they're gardening, canning and cooking up a storm. Anne Harnish, Lancaster Farming food and family features editor, visited the West Philly Cooking Club and wrote about them for Section B of the issue due in your mailbox Saturday.
