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13 Ways to Help Keep Snakes Away From Your House

It Is Baby Snake Season! I'll am the first to admit that I don't like snakes. Several years ago, a few days after the water department sent 3 guys to our house to change out the pressure reducer, days later we found a rather large black snake in the house. We finally determined that the guys left the basement door opened while they were working, and it came in to enjoy the cool basement. Sunday before last, it happened again! Steve had gone into town to pick up our grocery order, so I was home...alone. Walking to my closet through the bathroom, nothing was out of the ordinary. But, as I came...

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Where'd All The Fireflies Go? Are They Disappearing?

Whether you call them fireflies or lightning bugs , they're the same. I grew up referring to them as lightning bugs. When I was a little girl, it was such fun to be outside after dark chasing lightning bugs. Now, after dark this time of year, I don't see a lot of lightning bugs anymore. Where'd they all go? Are fireflies disappearing? Well...according to Ben Pfeiffer of Firefly.org , the past few decades with the increase in development, chemical and light pollution, it has limited our firefly populations. Residential and commercial developments have disrupted or even eliminated fireflies...

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10 Best Native Perennial Plants for Bee Gardens

10 Best Native Perennial Plants For Bee Gardens ! Pollination gardens are created with friendly native plants that bees love. Our native bee and non-bee pollinators such as birds, bats, butterflies, ants, flies, moths and beetles are attracted by the brightly colored, contrasting flowers that open seasonally filled with nectar and pollen for food sources. When we reference bees in our articles (unless otherwise noted), they are native bees (about 4000 species) found in North America - not the Honey Bee which was brought in from Europe by the Early American settlers. Native plants are...

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Grow Your Own Patio Garden!

Grow your own patio garden! Spring is here and it's time to get your garden ready for a successful season of bountiful harvests! Planting fruiting plants is a great way to enjoy delicious and fresh homegrown fruits while watching your plants grow. Fruiting plants are easy to plant, survive well in most climates, and provide fruits year after year. When planting fruiting plants here are a few tips for bountiful harvests: Begin with healthy soil - add plenty of compost or aged manure mix before planting. Grow in well-draining soil. If your soil is deficient in nutrients, then adding fertilizer...

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6 Best Vines for Growing on Fences

6 Best Vines for Growing on Fences! When you're deciding to cover your chain link or other wire fences, look no further than these 6 beauties. These vines are the best for growing on fences, trellises, and lattice panels for privacy. Each is a fast growing perennial vine and all, except the evergreen ivy, provide gorgeous summer flowers that will attract butterflies, hummingbirds and bees. 1. Lonicera Scentsation - a well behaved honeysuckle variety that you can plant on fences, arbors, trellises.. 2. Madame Galen Trumpet Creeper - bright coral-red trumpet shaped flowers. 3. Bignonia...

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