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Best Practices When Feeding a Bird Suet

Suet is a rich energy source ideal for many birds, especially during migration when birds need more fuel to complete their journeys or in winter when they convert the calories to essential body heat. Suet cannot just be tossed into a platform feeder or left out for weeks at a time, however, and...

Go Beyond The Poinsettia This Holiday

The Holiday Cacti or Cyclamen are great alternatives to the traditional poinsettia. These plants offer colorful holiday blooms, plus you can enjoy them all year 'round. The Holiday Cactus, also known as the Thanksgiving Cactus (Schlumbergera truncata) or the Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera), can...

Have a Tree-mendous (and SAFE) Holiday

Here are some tips to help to have a beautiful and safe holiday. The key is making sure your tree stays watered. So, before you set up your Christmas tree, make a fresh, straight cut across the base of the trunk (about a quarter inch up from the original cut) and place the tree in a tree stand...

Natural Thanksgiving Decorations and Centerpieces

Natural accents are ideal to show off autumn's beauty in Thanksgiving decorations and centerpieces. There are many easy options to naturally enhance a mantle, dining table, coffee table or any other space that needs a bit of Thanksgiving cheer. 10 Easy Projects for Natural Thanksgiving...

Herbal (Excess) Remedy

If you started growing herbs outside in the spring, you may suddenly find yourself inundated with an overflow crop. You might enjoy a summer menu made up exclusively of rosemary bread with chive butter, followed by dill soup and pasta with fresh basil pesto, washed down with camomile tea. Or......

How Birds Migrate

When birds migrate, many of us think of a flock of geese flying South in a V-shaped formation. However, birds migrate for many different reasons in many different ways. Birds typically migrate because they seek to move from areas of low or decreasing resources to areas where there are high or an...

When small animals attack!...your birdfeeder

Alvin, Simon and Theodore are great when they sing Christmas songs in harmony or star in movies, but their real-life versions can be pretty pestering when they are constantly near your birdfeeder and eating all the goods that you intended for the birds. Here are some strategies to keep chipmunks...

Hydroponic Techniques For The Beginning Gardener

Many people refer to hydroponics as the new age of gardening. In truth it’s actually simple and very applicable to gardeners across all experience levels. The concept of hydroponics began thousands of years ago with the hanging Gardens of Babylon and The Floating Garden of China being among the...

How Do You Start Beekeeping?

Beekeeping can be a fun hobby as well as a profitable business, whether you are just raising bees for your own use or plan to sell honey and beeswax or rent the hives to help local farmers and gardeners pollinate their crops. But how do you get started with bees? 8 Easy Steps to Start Beekeeping It...

April Gardening Tips

It’s almost that time of the year again. April is upon us and you know what that means. It’s time to break out your tools and go to work on your garden. As always, we were forced to wait for Mother Nature to keep up as Spring rolls around while snow may still be on the ground in some areas....

It's Time To Lime Your Lawn!

Caring for your lawn is a year-round task if proper consideration is given and you’re making a conscious effort to have a picture-perfect lawn year over year. For many homeowners, one path to a healthier lawn is adding lime before summer or winter. What is lime exactly? Lime is essentially a soil...