Tag Archives: Science

There we go!

Posted on June 25, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

This week, I officially launched the new fieldwork season outside the office by installing my plots on the experimental field site at the university. Two days of digging holes, putting labels and seeding a mind-blowing amount of 15.000 seeds, resulted … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Drought, Ecology, Experiment, Fieldwork, Garden, Nature, Nature photography, PhD, Photography, Science, Seeding, Summer, University | Leave a comment

The fascinating story of Ox-eye Daisy

Posted on June 23, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Let me tell you a little story. It is an impressive story, one of the more exciting stories from the world of plant invasions I have heard so far. It sounds like a fairytale, but do not settle for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia | Tagged Australia, Biodiversity, Ecology, Flowers, Gardens, Global change, Hiking, Invasion, Mountains, National Park, Nature, Nature photography, Phtography, Plant invasion, Science | 5 Comments

Like a phoenix

Posted on June 21, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

You might remember the obscure pictures of the old abandoned greenhouse we found in the forest at the university (from this post). We had two highly efficient days of cleaning, destroying, throwing out and removing the old stuff that was … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Ecology, Field ecology, Fieldwork, Garden, Gardening, Greenhouse, Lost places, Nature, Photography, Science | Leave a comment

Residing at the castle

Posted on June 16, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

They provide a beautiful example of a marriage between nature and culture, between history and conservation: castle parks. I realised this more than ever earlier this week, when I (almost accidentally) stumbled upon a beautiful little park with the ruins of … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Architecture, Belgium, Biodiversity, Buildings, Castle, Conservation, Ecology, Europe, Hiking, Lost place, Nature, Nature photography, Park, Photography, Ruins, Science | 3 Comments

A suspicious amount of green tea

Posted on June 15, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

That I seemed to love tea, the cashier of my local supermarket noticed. A fairly unusual conversation starter, where it not that he could impossibly ignore the obvious fact: I had a cart with only green tea, 140 tea bags … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Drinking, Ecology, Food, Food photography, Green, Party, Photography, Science, Summer, Sunset, Tea bag index, Teaching | 4 Comments

Summer is coming

Posted on June 9, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

While I visited the little Swedish village of Flen for our international meeting, spring slowly turned into summer. The early plant species of the season were still in full glory everywhere, but the next generation was already taking their positions. This marks the most diverse … Continue reading →