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Gardening with Wildlife: Attracting Butterflies80

Gardening with Wildlife: Attracting Butterflies

What can you do to help butterflies and other wildlife species. Plant a garden considering nature and wildlife.

6 comments    animals flowers plants
Edible Native Plants of the Great Plains78

Edible Native Plants of the Great Plains

The Plains Indian tribes of North America are best known for their reliance on the American bison for food, clothing, housing, tools, and more, but in fact they ate a varied and interesting mix of wild fruits and vegetables in addition to the bison...

2 comments    food hubchallenge plants
Prairie Plants for Heavy Clay Soil78

Prairie Plants for Heavy Clay Soil

Most native prairie plants prefer well-drained, or even dry, soils. However, if you are interested in a native prairie border or restoration project on your land and are stuck with heavy clay or poorly drained...

3 comments    gardening native plants prairie
Attracting Butterflies With Prairie Plants78

Attracting Butterflies With Prairie Plants

Whether you live on an acreage or a small city lot, it's easy to attract butterflies to your garden with native prairie plants. Like all wildlife, butterflies are looking for three main things in life: food,...

4 comments    gardening native plants
Attracting Birds With Prairie Plants80

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 the most diverse ecosystems in the world,...

2 comments    how to nature environment
Native Prairie Plants for a Rain Garden67

Native Prairie Plants for a Rain Garden

Rain gardens are a beautiful way to solve drainage problems and reduce stormwater runoff from your property. Most rain garden designers recommend using native plants in rain gardens because they are better adapted to local conditions than exotic...

4 comments    gardening native plants prairie
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