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Melinda’s Garden: Keep Your Houseplants Safe from Cats
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- Written by Melinda Myers Melinda Myers
Growing houseplants when curious cats are in the house can be challenging. We want our cats to be safe and happy while keeping our houseplants intact.
The Beauty in Nature: Earliest Nesters
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- Written by Clyde McMillan-Gamber Clyde McMillan-Gamber
Majestic bald eagles and handsome great horned owls have much in common, though they are in different bird families.
The Beauty in Nature: The Great Crane Migration
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There is no greater, more thrilling, or more inspiring natural happening in the Lower 48 than 600,000 northbound sandhill cranes gathering each evening for a few weeks on the Platte River in south-central Nebraska.
Melinda’s Garden: Get a Jumpstart on Managing Plant Pests this Winter
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- Written by Melinda Myers Melinda Myers
Just like us, insects spend their winters in different locations. Unlike us, they spend their winters in different stages of development.
The Beauty in Nature: Burrowing Rodents
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- Written by Clyde McMillan-Gamber Clyde McMillan-Gamber
Though not closely related, woodchucks and muskrats are adaptable rodents that have traits in common. Both species are native to much of North America, including southeastern Pennsylvania.
The Beauty in Nature: A Variety of Voles
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When snow melts in fields, meadows, and roadsides in southeastern Pennsylvania, several winding, inch-wide trails through matted grass are exposed, revealing the presence of meadow voles, a kind of mouse.
Melinda’s Garden: Must-Have Gifts for Your Favorite Gardener
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- Written by Melinda Myers Melinda Myers
Every gardener, new or experienced, appreciates tools to help them better enjoy their hobby.
The Beauty in Nature: Pitch Pines and Table Mountain Pines
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- Written by Clyde McMillan-Gamber Clyde McMillan-Gamber
Pitch pines and table mountain pines are scrubby, picturesque trees that mostly inhabit poor, thin soil on dry, rocky ridges and slopes along the Appalachian Mountains.
The Beauty in Nature: Crabeater and Weddell Seals
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Crabeater and Weddell seals live abundantly in the southern oceans. Both species are incredibly admirable for being well adapted to living around Antarctica, a tough environment to call home.