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Native Trees of Nebraska

Planting native trees has many benefits over naturalized and exotic trees in the harsh continental climate of Nebraska. Because native trees evolved in Nebraska, they are adapted to extreme heat, extreme...

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Back Yard Bird Sanctuary - Attract Birds to Your Yard

Improve your yard and property by turning it into a mini-bird sanctuary. Birdwatching is an excellent, educational pass time and benefits our environment. Attract birds to your yard with food, shelter, and a water source. Creating a back yard bird sanctuary turns your yard into a park like setting.

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The Rooftop Garden

There are always options and that is the approach that I take to gardening and most other aspects of my work and life. When it comes to gardening, if you want to grow something green you can. Your desire...

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Plant a Bee Garden

Beneficial bees are necessary to the success of gardens, orchards, and farms, but their numbers are in decline around the world. A bee garden is a beautiful and fragrant way to lend a helping hand. ...

5 comments    how to recreation environment
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Save the Karner Blue Butterfly

The Karner Blue Butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) is a beautiful little blue butterfly with a problem. The only host plant for Karner Blue caterpillars, the wild blue lupine (Lupinus perennis), is...

7 comments    nature environment gardening
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Attracting Birds With Prairie Plants

Whether you live on an acreage or the smallest city lot, attracting birds to your garden is easy with native prairie plants. The tallgrass prairie, which once covered much of the American Midwest, is one of...

0 comments    how to nature environment
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Choose Your Garden -- Native American Herb Garden

It stands to reason that those who were here first should know the most about the native plants of this continent. It's believed that Native American used more than seven hundred and fifty documented native...

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Alien Species in Australia – Feral Animals That Should Not Be In Australia

Introduced species are a major menace to fragile ecosystems and native species in many countries. In Australia, feral animals are a particular problem leading to the destruction of habitat and the depletion of the numbers of native animals.

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Ladybug eating aphid, by Anderson Mancini79

Attracting Beneficial Insects To Your Garden

If you are making the switch to organic gardening, you may be concerned about losing plants to insect pests. In the short run, this is likely to occur. However, established organic gardens typically lose...

3 comments    gardening insects native plants
Close-up of a spiderwort. Photo by Care_SMC.81

Spring Flowers of the North American Prairie

Crocus, bluebells, tulips, daffodils, iris... In much of the United States, these are the flowers most commonly associated with spring. However, with a few exceptions, many of the flowers commonly associated...

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