It’s summer and the heat is on! What insect thrives in hot and humid conditions? The aphid of course. This month let’s take a closer look at the aphid. Aphids are small, sap sucking insects in the insect family known as Aphididea. They are about 1/8 inch long and can be yellow or greenish black […]
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Summer brings many things, garden harvests, lots of sunshine and summertime heat! Summer also brings the happy blooms of the Zinnia plant. Whenever I see a zinnia flower in bloom, I just have to smile. It seems to be such a happy flower. So, I thought we would take a closer look and learn a
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Bringing Nature Home covers native plants and their benefits to native insects, pollinators, and small animals found in many home gardens and natural areas. The author details the reasons for planting your own native garden, as well as the steps for doing this. Included in this book is a very helpful list of native plants
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As stated on the cover, this book is a guide to growing and harvesting flavorful teas in your own backyard. The book includes a history of tea, how to choose the best tea plant for your garden, and tips for brewing tea. The author gives an extensive list of plants used in brewing all types
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Knock Out roses belong to a specific type of roses known as the modern rose. Modern roses are roses introduced after 1867. Knock Out roses are special hybrid roses that were created by Will Radler in Milwaukee, WI after 30+ years of breeding and crossbreeding roses in his basement. Mr. Radler’s rose, which he named
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Have you noticed less bees buzzing in your garden? Are butterflies not fluttering around like they have in years past? Well, there may be a reason for the lack of pollinators you have been seeing around your garden. Pollinator decline is real and has been attributed to many things such as habitat loss, pesticide use,
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Have you ever looked through a seed catalog and been tempted by the beautiful photos of flowers and veggies, or walked past the seed packet display at the hardware store and wondered about all the amazing seeds that are available? Did you talk yourself out of purchasing because growing plants from seeds is just too
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