I love that picture of your grandma. I need to find one of my green thumbed Nana. I don't know how to influence kids to be gardeners. I certainly killed the idea for my son, who wanted to fill the garden with concrete and be done with it! He just can't see the point. He lives in Melbourne and would rather go to the market to get fresh veggies. Mind you, it's not that he CAN'T help. It's just that he makes it difficult lol with his reluctance. He had smarts in everyway but gardening.
Hymenoptera is a delightful new word for me! Now why the 'hymen'? Just had to google the etmology. Interesting!
WE don't get so many wasps here, a fact which makes me ETERNALLY grateful. Isn't it funny that everyone goes on about how dangerous Australia is, yet here I am shit scared of hornets in other countries. I recall in England they'd always land on the edge of my cider. WTF!!!!
I too feel very thankful to my Grandma for giving me this passion.
Great post, PRoto. Hope you have cheered up some since your start of season disasters.
I guess it's not really up to us and just depends if our kids really like it or not for themselves.
I never really thought of the etymology...hmm... But I've always liked the word nevertheless. One of my favorite groups of insects.
Not so many wasps in Australia? Interesting. English hornets sound particularly frightening for some reason! I'm imagining them as large as those ferocious Japanese kind!