Keep the welcome mat out for those repeat bloomers
In the movie, “Dennis the Menace,” Walter Matthaus Mr. Wilson gathers his garden club for an...
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There’s more than one way to feed a hummingbird
All winter my family feeds our variety of backyard birds, taking care to stick out peanuts for our Blue Jays and gathering round the window when our little woodpecker comes to dangle off the feeder. It all changes come April...
Read MoreThe Dandelion Dilemma
Having a pristine lawn — an enviable lush, green, monolithic, manicured carpet of sod or turf grass — has long defined homeowner pride and curb appeal. How this ideal took hold on the American homefront has been the subject of...
Read MoreDid you happen to find a fallen bird egg?
Images of bird eggs nestled in nests are among the sweetest annual offerings of springtime, but sometimes the eggs go astray, landing in lonely spots on the ground. When coming across such a wayward specimen, the instinct to...
Read More‘Husker Red’ appreciates full sun
Penstemon digitalis or “Husker Red” is a native perennial that loves to live in full sun with medium moist but well drained soils. In the early spring, the shiny dark red leaves emerge from the soil and they continue to grow in...
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