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82Craig Busch and Zion Wildlife Gardens
Due to a squabble with his mother in December 2008, Craig Busch, the infamous 'Lion Man' was forced from his position and out of Zion Wildlife Gardens in New Zealand. There were suggestions of inappropriate...
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76Save 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...
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79Plant 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. ...
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81How To Attract Snakes To Your Garden
Despite their bad reputation, snakes can be a gardener's best friend. They will happily take care of insect and rodent pest problems for you free of charge. Garter snakes are considered especially beneficial...
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65Book Review: "Bringing Nature Home"
Last night, my mother and I attended a very enjoyable lecture by Douglas W. Tallamy, a professor of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware. We immediately bought his book, Bringing...
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83Improving Earthworm Habitat in Your Garden
Earthworms are a gardener's best friends. They burrow through the soil, leaving behind pathways that help air, water, and plant roots make their way through the soil, as well as castings (earthworm poop) that...
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87Attracting Wild Turkeys, Quail, Pheasant, and Grouse
Whether you want to watch them or hunt them, attracting gallinaceous birds - turkey, pheasant, quail, and grouse - to your yard or acreage is surprisingly easy. Gallinaceous birds need relatively large...
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56The Summer Bird Garden
For birds and bird watchers alike, the summer months are the richest. For bird watchers, the hardy birds that stuck around through the cold, lean days of winter are still around, now joined by their migrating...
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75Adele's Garden
The garden was a wild tangle of waist-high grasses, weeds, brambles and mare's tail when my husband and I bought our home on the Wirral peninsula in 2000. The media was merrily enthusing about the Millennium...
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62The Spring Bird Garden
Spring is an important season for birds. In early and mid-spring, migrating species return to their Northern summer homes, a journey that may be hundreds or thousands of exhausting miles, while the birds that...
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