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One of the most common pieces of advice I give out is to plant flowers in your vegetable garden. Blooming flowers are a big draw to many beneficial insects, including pollinating insects such as bees and butterflies, and predators and…
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Eastern skunk cabbage at pine hole bog by dreamexplorer is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 The middle of the winter may seem like an odd moment to think about flowers. In fact, if I look out my window, I can…
Read MoreCategory: Food Gardening Tags: arum plants, Author:Anahi, Native Plants, pollination, Pollinators, skunk cabbage
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Last week my neighborhood hosted the traditional Christmas tree lighting event. Usually this event involves lighting the large Christmas tree across my street, having Santa come visit the kids on the firefighter truck, and sharing a cup of warm chocolate…
Read MoreCategory: Food Gardening Tags: Author:Anahi, beneficial insects, pollination, Pollinators
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You decide to bake some cookies. You have your butter stick ready to go, you open your pantry to look for the ingredients. There is flour, oats, sugar, chocolate chips; things look good. You then realize that you’re missing that…
Read MoreCategory: Food Gardening Tags: Author:Anahi, Orchids, pollination, Pollinators, spice plants, tropical plants
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Wow, fall is here. When did that happen?! And because this fall comes after a tortuous year, I want to spend time doing some soul pampering. It is for this reason that, until the end of the year, I will…
Read MoreCategory: Food Gardening Tags: Author:Anahi, pollination, Pollinators, spice plants
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Cooler evening temperatures might have you switching gears from planting and maintaining your landscape to fall decorating and garden cleanup chores. While cleaning up diseased and pest-infested plants in your yard and garden are important to prevent problems in the…
Read MoreCategory: Lawn & Garden Tags: Author:Ashley, bees, beneficial insects, garden cleanup, Pollinators
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The summer is slowly leaving us, with many of us starting to harvest the last wave of vegetables and enjoying the beautiful late summer flowers. At this time of the year, I like to review what happened in the peak…
Read MoreCategory: Lawn & Garden Tags: Author:Anahi, Butterflies, butterfly garden, Pollinators, trees and shrubs