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Toads and frogs

Fed up with slugs and snails eating your plants? Worried about the damage to the environment being done by slug pellets?  Then you need the expert help of the common toad and frog.  But how can you attract...

13 comments    gardens frogs pond
Garden Tiger Moth. Photo by Marek Szczepanek75

Garden Tiger Moths were once common but not any more

When I was a boy, and indeed later in life, I used to enjoy finding caterpillars and discovering what species of moth or butterfly they would eventually produce. I remember as a child and as a teenager, the...

22 comments    climate change weeds pesticides
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tortoise hibernation

Why do Some Tortoise Hibernate? Hibernation which is sometimes called Brumation for reptile, is necessary for somespecies in the wild in order to survive lower temperatures in the winter. Forthis reason your...

0 comments    tortoise hibernation geochelone
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Review of Footprints in the Snow by Cynthia Benjamin

Part of the Hello Reader series by Scholastic Footprints in the Snow is a level one reader good for preschoolers to first graders. Cynthia Benjamin tells a simple story of animals returning home for the...

3 comments    education kids animals
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Only a Little Chap, But What a Big Prick!

So well loved that McDonalds changed the design of its McFlurry containers to stop hedgehogs getting stuck in them! Note: Please check Guy Fawkes Day (and all garden) bonfires to see no hedghogs have nested...

7 comments    dogs birds bacteria
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Nocturnal?

Somehow since joining hubpages I seem to have gradually become nocturnal. I can't explain exactly when this happened as it has been a gradual process. Over the last 2 years my bedtime has slowly become later...

18 comments    how hubpages sleep
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How To Hibernate Your Laptop

Hibernation is a useful power management feature that's often sadly ignored despite its great benefits. When you hibernate a laptop, you're essentially turning it off. So, unlike Stand By (Sleep) mode, a...

9 comments    advice technology internet
A False Hibernator.71

True Hibernation Versus False Hibernation.

Wikipedia defines hibernation as; "a state of inactivity and metabolic depression in animals, characterized by lower body temperature, slower breathing, and lower metabolic rate." From frogs to the tuatara...

3 comments    food water animals
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Windows Hibernate Shortcuts: How to Create a Quick Hibernate Shortcuts in Windows XP?

Hibernate is a special form of shutdown in which it saves an image of your desktop with all open files and documents into the hard disk and then it powers down your computer. When the computer or the laptop...

0 comments    technology internet computer
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HEALTHY LAVENDER: FALL HARVEST & WINTER CARE

Enticing beauty beyond belief. Lavender flowers should be harvested just before the blooms open. At this time, the flowers will look like pregnant seeds on a stem. If they are cut at a later time, the flowers...

0 comments    life recipe water
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