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Melinda's Garden: Holiday Gifts that Keep on Giving
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- Written by Melinda Myers Melinda Myers
Make gift-giving easy with unique green gifts that provide weeks and, in some cases, months and years of beauty. Plus, gifting easy-care blooming plants is an experiential gift that’s ideal for everyone, especially that person on your list who has everything.
The Beauty in Nature: Chestnut Oaks and Black Birches
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- Written by Clyde McMillan-Gamber Clyde McMillan-Gamber
Chestnut oak and black birch trees together dominate dry, rocky slopes and ridge tops in southeastern Pennsylvania, as well as from southern Maine and Ontario to Ohio and Delaware, and along the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia and Alabama.
The Beauty in Nature: Wildlife on Our House
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Sitting on our lawn one evening this summer, I thought about the adaptable wildlife that recently raised young or lived in sheltered places on the outside of our house in a suburban area. These common creatures provided much entertainment and intrigue to us, right at home.
Discover the Beauty of Double Tulips
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- Written by Melinda Myers Melinda Myers
Celebrate the National Garden Bureau’s Year of the Tulip in a big way by planting double-flowered tulip varieties this fall for a showy display next spring.
The Beauty in Nature: Birds Benefitting from Mowing
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A few kinds of summering birds that I have watched getting food in southeastern Pennsylvania benefit from lawn mowing in suburban areas and hay cutting in croplands.
Add Gardening Space, Beauty, and Ease with Elevated Gardens
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- Written by Melinda Myers Melinda Myers
Elevate your gardens to waist-high level for convenience and easy access. Elevated gardens are easy on your back and knees and are perfect for the patio, balcony, deck, or any area where a bit of planting space is desired.
The Beauty in Nature: Nesting Pasture Birds
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Southeastern Pennsylvania meadows, dotted with deciduous trees both young and mature, are beautiful farmland habitats.
The Beauty in Nature: Enchanted Summer Evenings
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Sunny summer evenings in southeastern Pennsylvania are enchanting and become more so as summer progresses.
The Beauty in Nature: Coniferous Beauties in May
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- Written by Clyde McMillan-Gamber Clyde McMillan-Gamber
May is a time of flowers, singing birds, long evenings, and other beauties of spring in southeastern Pennsylvania. And it’s the time of tender, new growth on coniferous trees, birds nesting in many conifers, and other attractive, interesting aspects of those local evergreen trees.