http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest story posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5Several pairs of Canadian Geese have successfully reared their brood in Garland Park and are now living together in a "crèche," with each family unit mostly protecting themselves but also helping the whole group stay safe from predators. The baby geese appear to be healthy and happy as they wand...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~621646.aspx5/31/2009 11:08:40 PMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningWe've all known a friend at some time that is annoying, but who has helped us tremendously. Though some flies make themselves pests by investigating whether that sweet smell on your skin (sweat) is nutritious, or intrude in your kitchen or on your food, most flies provide necessary services to...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Sports/Story~621647.aspx5/31/2009 11:17:26 PMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningDozens of prairie dog pups are out and about exploring Rosamond Park, learning from their watchful parents essential skills like eating and singing. "Singing, like all communication, is one of the most important skills a prairie dog can learn," explained Mary Choate, a Nature Guide with TwoIn...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~622147.aspx6/1/2009 11:31:13 PMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningOne of the nests of ants at Cherry Creek State Park temporarily found its main entrance blocked by a small twig Monday. The twig, belonging to a nearby mustard, had been dislodged when a rabbit passed through. The rabbit has not been identified. "The ants cleared the debris in less than two min...http://denver.yourhub.com/GreenwoodVillage/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~622247.aspx6/2/2009 11:30:55 AMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningA duckling who wandered away from its mother Sunday afternoon realized its error when it approached too close to a Canadian Goose. The duckling, unhurt but scared, quickly found its mother and stayed close to her for the remainder of the day. "The duckling was just trying to introduce itself, ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~622257.aspx6/2/2009 12:02:46 PMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningA stink beetle almost was run over by numerous cars and trucks Wednesday morning before being assisted across the road by pedestrian Aaron Brachfeld, a Guide with TwoInTents Guided Nature Tours. "Even traveling slowly on foot while giving a tour, I almost didn't see the beetle - even with its...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverSouth/Stories/Sports/Story~622783.aspx6/3/2009 10:50:32 AMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningThe delicious wild roses around the Denver area are beginning to fade and form equally tasty fruits - known as "hips." The petals can be saved by dehydration or candying without risking any loss of hips later in the year. The petals are excellent seasonings, and the hips are usually used to ma...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~624017.aspx6/5/2009 9:43:36 PMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningA combination of luck and skill saved the life of a moth Saturday in Denver. The moth, already staying low and out of the way for a coming storm had been holding on tight to avoid being blow about by the wind when the mower came dangerously close. "The moth would have certainly been killed ha...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~624102.aspx6/6/2009 6:12:10 PMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningThe juniper berry has been used since antiquity to protect humanity from many diseases. The antiseptic berries may be used in foods and water, sucked in the mouth or used as a paste in the nostrils to reduce the chance of being infected by bacteria, fungi and some viruses. They're also excellent...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~624217.aspx6/7/2009 1:55:42 PMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningThe spiderworts are in full bloom at Kennedy Park and throughout the Denver area. The edible plants are identifyable in many ways, and especially by their sticky sap which, when rubbed between the fingers, creates long spider-web like strands. Many edible plants are native to the Denver area,...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~624360.aspx6/8/2009 10:43:15 AMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningDenver's many Black Locust trees, whose only edible parts are the flowers, are nearly done blooming and anyone who is going to enjoy the tasty blossoms should do so soon. "Every part of the Black Locust except the flowers is highly poisonous, but the flowers are not only edible but actually q...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~624991.aspx6/9/2009 4:08:19 PMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningA fight between two families of ducks at Garland Park occured Thursday afternoon when one family's duckling started to steal food from the other family's ducklings. The apparent act of aggression was probably unintentional. "Most ducklings simply don't understand about territory or have learne...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~626003.aspx6/12/2009 9:46:44 AMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningA rabbit whose home was destroyed by the high waters of the Cherry Creek in Denver has relocated to higher ground. The creek annually floods, but the extent of this year's waters caught even long-term residents by surprise. The rabbit was just one of millions of animals displaced by the water...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~626469.aspx6/14/2009 5:49:57 PMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningYucka? No... "Yucca!" Yucca is a delicious, useful lilly. You can eat the flowers. Use the roots for soap. Use the needles for sewing (shred the fibers for thred and use the pointy tips for the needle), paint brush, or even for firewood. The seed pods make fun rattles. Besides serving hum...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Sports/Story~626567.aspx6/14/2009 10:58:27 PMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningThree bucks are making a daily commute from their home at Cherry Creek Reservoir to Greenwood Village's open space. "Deer commute to work like people do. Some do work from home, but most will have separate areas for sleeping and for their daily business," explained Mary Choate, a Nature ...http://denver.yourhub.com/GreenwoodVillage/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~627924.aspx6/17/2009 6:49:45 PMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningBumblebees are feasting on the butter and eggs (the common name of the flower Linaria vulgaris) throughout the Denver area. Like the more common honeybee, bumblebees are fuzzy and help the flowers pollinate. Unlike honeybees, bumblebees do not live in colonies or store great quantities...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~627966.aspx6/17/2009 10:42:03 PMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningA wild onion was nearly missed by a deer's foot Thursday in Greenwood Village. The onion, unable to move out of the way, was even displaying a burst of smelly white flowers to alert animals to its presence. "Most plants can't get out of the way of uncaring animals," explained Mary Choate, a ...http://denver.yourhub.com/GreenwoodVillage/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~628371.aspx6/19/2009 9:25:45 AMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningGardening is fun, eating is too! Stuffed lillies sound good right now - Cook rice with some pine needles, blue juniper berries and wild mint, and when it's done stir in your favorite cheese. Stuff the lillies, pop in the oven at 300 degrees for 10-20 minutes, fold up like dolmas and enjoy now ...http://denver.yourhub.com/GreenwoodVillage/Stories/Sports/Story~628817.aspx6/22/2009 10:35:33 AMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningA great blue heron was chased from its South Denver home temporarily by a pair of canadian geese Tuesday. "The geese believed, even though they were migrating and not around during most of the year, the pond was still theirs and saw the heron as an intruder," explained Mary Choate, a Nature ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~630166.aspx6/25/2009 11:06:33 AMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningA white honeybee was seen just before 11 a.m. during Bike To Work Day in Denver along the Cherry Creek Bike Path near Yosemite and Syracuse by Aaron Brachfeld, a Nature Guide with TwoInTents Guided Nature Tours. "It was on a beautiful, sweet smelling thistle. I'm glad I got this picture!" sai...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/News/General-News/Story~630174.aspx6/25/2009 11:25:47 AMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningBikers and pedestrians were treated to a special view while commuting to Denver near Greenwood Village Wednesday. "The night heron sat on the side of the path to watch the waters and even let people approach closely," said Mary Choate, a Nature Guide with TwoInTents Guided Nature Tours. "Nig...http://denver.yourhub.com/GreenwoodVillage/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~630475.aspx6/25/2009 11:47:24 PMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningChances are that you are poisoned by any one of the many agrochemicals used on your food - even if you are not eating food grown with organic or non-organic chemicals (many dangerous chemicals are allowed under the organic act) and your farmer protects you and your family as best they can, you wi...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/News/General-News/Story~630799.aspx6/26/2009 6:41:51 PMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningA Greenwood Village pelican who likes to fish in the Cherry Creek State Park and in Denver needs no permits to do so. "Though the waters are populated with fish by people for people, wildlife use of the fish still has priority," explained Aaron Brachfeld, a Nature Guide with TwoInTents Guided N...http://denver.yourhub.com/GreenwoodVillage/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~630899.aspx6/28/2009 8:45:26 AMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningFlax across the Denver area are dropping flowers and setting pods, preparing to produce delicious, nutritious flax seeds. "Besides being important food sources for wildlife, flax is important to people in many ways. It is one of the highest and most balanced, most easily digestable sources of...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~631890.aspx6/30/2009 10:05:00 PMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningNear the Park Meadows Mall a duck has found 15 square feet of pond to make her home. Decorative cattails from uphill escaped cultivation to form a small (4 square foot) marsh - just enough to make the duck feel at home. "When we found her, she was enjoying the sun and watching traffic go by," s...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~632522.aspx7/2/2009 9:28:57 AMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningOn Saturday, rockets weren't the only bright things above Denver's streets and paths: Denver's main fruit and nut season is quickly approaching! Cherries and rosehips are reddening, and apples are glistening in a thousand colors, golden pine nuts sweeten in the sun, fat acorns, bittersweet suma...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~633151.aspx7/4/2009 10:59:07 PMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningA moth disguised as tree bark spent the night and most of the cool morning Thursday sleeping on the north face of a Denver home's brick wall. "The moth's antennae were folded back over its head and under its wings, it was blissfully unaware of how much it was visible on the brick wall," said...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~634421.aspx7/8/2009 11:12:00 PMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningSoil management affects the nutritional quality of the foods you eat. Comparing apples to apples, oranges to oranges, the nutrition of the fruit depends on the tree's ability to synthesize nutrients with what nutrients are available. Many vitamins are produced by the plants that grow your food...http://denver.yourhub.com/GreenwoodVillage/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~635445.aspx7/12/2009 9:46:37 AMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningAs mentioned in previous blogs on this subject , organophosphates are not only highly toxic but everyone is widely exposed to them. Rather than building immunity over time, we often become more sensitive to them - and they make us more sensitive to other chemicals as well! Dr. Sarah Myhil...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~637647.aspx7/18/2009 3:19:54 PMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and GardeningThe Prairie Dogs of Cherry Creek State Park are doing an excellent job on their lawn this year, and giving their neighbors little reason to envy the grass on the other side of their fence. Through the natural processes of selection, the prairie dogs are encouraging high-protein and nutrient-r...http://denver.yourhub.com/GreenwoodVillage/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~639380.aspx7/22/2009 6:19:51 PMTwoIntents Guided Nature Tours and Gardening