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Aug 6, 2019
Favorite Early Summer Gardening Task: Trimming Back Perennials
📷 One of my favorite early summer gardening tasks is trimming back perennials. Above: trimming Solidago. Trimming back perennials is...
Aug 6, 2019
A New Way to Garden: Designed Plant Communities
📷 Designed plant communities fill garden spaces with layers of plants that interact with each other. Designed plant communities mimic...
Aug 6, 2019
Nest Joy: Bird Nest Discoveries
📷 Serendipitous bird nest discoveries This afternoon, I was rough mowing part of our meadow to control the spread of invasive plants...
Aug 6, 2019
Planting for Butterflies: Larval Hosts and Nectar Sources
📷 Variegated fritillary on Echinacea purpurea. Attract butterflies with flowers and larval host plants It is given that butterflies +...
Aug 6, 2019
Why Old-Growth Forests Are Important and 3 Ways You Can Help
📷 Imagine walking in an old-growth forest where the trees sprouted before the founding of Rome. In fact, you needn't rely on...
Aug 6, 2019
How to Choose the right tree to plant.
📷 A young black gum tree (Nyssa sylvatica) blazing away in autumn. You might have heard the famous saying: "The best time to plant a...
Aug 6, 2019
3 Great Ways to Participate in Citizen Science
📷 Sign up with Monarch Watch to tag migrating butterflies either on your own or with your school/organization. Even if you are not a...
Jun 19, 2019
Mindfulness Can Literally Change Your Brain
https://hbr.org/2015/01/mindfulness-can-literally-change-your-brain
Jun 17, 2019
A New Way to Garden: Designed Plant Communities
Designed plant communities mimic nature in a visual appealing way In a recent post, I mentioned Sara Stein's book, Noah's Garden. In it,...
Jun 17, 2019
3 Great Ways to Participate in Citizen Science
Sign up with Monarch Watch to tag migrating butterflies either on your own or with your school /organization. Even if you are not a...
Jun 14, 2019
Micheal Bloomberg Promises $500 Million to Help End Coal
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/climate/bloomberg-climate-pledge-coal.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fclimate
Jun 14, 2019
Your Questions About Food and Climate Change Answered.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/30/dining/climate-change-food-eating-habits.html?action=click&module=RelatedCoverage&pgtype=A...
Jun 14, 2019
One Thing You Can Do: Fix it
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/climate/nyt-climate-newsletter-repair.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fclimate
Jun 14, 2019
83 Environmental Rules Being Rolled Back Under Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fclimate
Jun 14, 2019
One Thing You Can Do: Reduce Your Lawn
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/climate/climate-newsletter-lawns.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fclimate
Jun 14, 2019
Students Across the World Are Protesting Friday. Why?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/world/europe/climate-action-strikes-youth.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fclimate
Jun 14, 2019
What is the Green New Deal? A Climate Proposal Explained.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/climate/green-new-deal-questions-answers.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fclimate
Jun 14, 2019
Trump Administration Hardens its Attack on Climate Science
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/us/politics/trump-climate-science.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article
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