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The Beauty in Nature: Nesting Along Woodland Streams
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- Written by Clyde McMillan-Gamber Clyde McMillan-Gamber
At least four kinds of small birds raise young along the shores of clear-running woodland streams in southeastern Pennsylvania, as elsewhere in the eastern United States.
Melinda’s Garden: Lush Peonies Add Beauty and Fragrance to Early-Summer Gardens
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Set aside a sunny spot in your garden or landscape for a few easy-care, herbaceous peonies.
The Beauty in Nature: Common Lawn Flowers
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Some short-grass lawns in southeastern Pennsylvania are made attractive and interesting with a variety of adaptable, flowering plants close to the ground.
Melinda’s Garden: Early Spring Prep for a Beautiful Summer Garden
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As winter fades into spring, gardeners can’t wait to get busy in the garden. Pruning, cutting back perennials and ornamental grasses, and preparing the garden for spring planting are just a few of the tasks.
The Beauty in Nature: Wooded Bottomland Hawks and Owls
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Red-shouldered hawks and barred owls are interesting, handsome counterparts of each other; both species live and raise young in wooded bottomlands, often near bodies of water.
The Beauty in Nature: Diverging Weasels
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All members of the weasel family demonstrate that species in any family of wildlife diverge into a variety of habitats to take advantage of foods and shelter in each one. That diversion created the many kinds of weasels found throughout much of the world.
Melinda’s Garden: Grow Houseplants with Style and Convenience in Mind
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It starts with one plant on a sunny windowsill and then morphs into an impenetrable jungle. You may feel you need a machete to reach each individual plant to water and tend.
Participants Needed for Master Watershed Steward Program
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Penn State Extension and the Lebanon, Lancaster, and Dauphin County conservation districts are excited to launch the Master Watershed Steward Extension for the Lower Susquehanna.
The Beauty in Nature: Crows and Geese at Shopping Malls
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Late in the afternoon one day this past November, noisy multitudes of American crows and Canada geese were on a short-grass lawn behind a local shopping mall.