All Blog Posts Tagged 'gainesville' (32)

Oh no! Many of you know Mycol and have enjoyed visiting Finca Mycol. Well, there's been a fire there and so much has burned up. There's a fundraiser here and your support is…

For those of us living in North America, we are bracing ourselves for a winter blizzard on the east coast. I hear from reliable sources that it's beautiful outside this morning. 

Also, a bunch of planets are going to align over the next month and it will be fun to go outside and see them. Here's a …

These bees took a time out and swarmed on a branch. They're probably looking for a new place to make a hive. I talked with the expert at Cross Creek Honey and she is going to investigate. Here's what the bees looked like a little while later:…

Hey Gardeners!

Mark Your calendar!  Sunday, December 15th from 1-5pm will be the Big Everything Swap/trade/sell/giveaway gathering at the EPP nursery!  Clean out…

Calling all Zoobirds -  Lars Anderson has some outdoor adventures planned this weekend.Lars is a guide and Zoobird member.

(photo from Adventure Outpost)

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From waste to food. That's Gainesville Compost's motto. Compost is nothing new. So what's it all about?

Chris Cano and Steven Kanner run a new operation called Gainesville Compost in Florida. It's a novel idea where they take bikes fitted with…

Zoma makes some mighty fine kraut! I just bought some and it's good. It has a light, appealing flavor and it's delicious. I got mine at a local (to Gainesville, FL) place called The Community Co-op, which is a community owned store that does its best to offer high quality, locally…

(photo by yours truly)

Wake up, wake up! The coffee's almost ready! 

Birdsongs (click the link to listen!)



The birds are ... well, it's not singing. We have some black…

Trader Joe's is coming to Gainesville, FL. What does that mean to local business?

(Thanks to Nick and…

Birdsongs (click the link to listen!)

Every morning here in Gainesville we wake up to a menagerie of birds. They sing and sing! I know there are some of you out there who either don't have the luxury of having birds…

Some of the finest commercial frames being made are from Soma IMHO

http://www.somafab.com/

They are one of several companies who are bringing back the Mixte frame, which was popular with European bicycle campers back in the 70's and 80's.

Their mixte frame is the Buena Vista and I've…

Can you imagine a more beautiful sight? I conclude that art imitates life. Smile.

Some of the best graffiti ever. 

Here's a message from Joey and the Church of Holy Colors:

"Hey Michael. We are trying to raise money to get our art across the country via veggie oil bus this summer. Check out the video on this …

Civil rights activist and author Cornel West spoke Friday at the Bo Diddley Plaza in downtown Gainesville. Read more here. 

Evan tells us about the Church of Holy Colors, Gainesville, FL - do you have art/creativity to share? Check out the Art Zoo, Music Zoo, Writing Zoo, Poetry Zoo, and more here on Zoobird. 

Decent passes of the Space Station over Gainesville Thursday night: The space station will appear over the northwest horizon at 6:34pm, reach about two-thirds up the southwest sky at 6:37pm, and then disappear over the south-southeastern horizon at 6:40pm.

(photo by Michael…

One of my favorite places is the Dudley Historic Farm in Alachua County, Florida. It's so beautiful!

The farm is preserved and looks just like it did years ago when we lived in a more self-sufficient world. You can see in the picture above that the home is surrounded by gardens. There, even today, you'll see live crops of veggies…

(photo from the Florida Payne's Prairie website)