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Full Homegrown National Park Moon Full moon rises tonight in about an hour, sorry I'm so late. The full moon rises 10 minutes after the sun sets at about 815pm. Down here in the flat we generally have to wait another hour to see it over the trees, especially those of us who live down in amongst the bottom land hardwoods and on the flat. . Paula and I have our fire pit set up to burn while waiting for the moon to appear. We will raise a glass of tart red beverage of our choosing to all of you our friends! I choose this name for this full moon to honor the great Douglas W. Tallamy the author of Nature's Best Hope. Tallamy is a famous Entomologist, a scientist who studies insects, and a great ecologist. He first came into my sights several years ago when I became fascinated by his disclosing, to my know it all self, the numbers of insects who use oak trees or maple trees or willow trees to complete their life cycles. Hundreds of species per species of tree. Not individuals but dif...