… pond-less waterfall. It can be a deep, koi-filled pond, where water cascades gently over large boulders and flows slowly down a meandering stream. Whatever form it takes, water adds …
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… small, waxy, white pouchlike flower with green-purple sepals and petals extending outward and over. It grows up to 12 inches in wet prairies and boggy meadows. The yellow lady slipper, …
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… on sandy or clay soils. They don't like wet feet. If the soil holds water after a storm for over 3 hours, it's too wet. Move your site to one that drains in less time, or amend your soil at …
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… infected leaves from other roses. He then ground these leaves into a powder, which he spread over the leaves of his Knock Out roses. Although black spot is one of the greatest challenges of …
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… shift doesn’t unfold overnight. It shows itself in long-term trends; small changes adding up over decades that make the winter season less predictable. Weather vs. climate? Both shape our …
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… curator jobs in the entire country? For me, bonsai starts with an appreciation of nature over all things. An ancient tree has the power to move people and evoke emotion. It’s what …
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… She will then evaluate their ability to establish themselves in a location and to survive over time. On the right: a sunflower seedling (Helianthus annuus) next to a native grass …
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… change the Lake District she loved so dearly, and she eventually bought 14 farms comprising over 4,000 acres that she donated to the National Trust. Many of her illustrations are directly …
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… tree caught my attention. At first I thought it might be a gall, or an injury that had healed-over. On closer inspection, the lump turned out to be a ruby-throated hummingbird nest from last …
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… Though sometimes producing both simultaneously, the energy is usually dedicated to one task over the other. This is why there are three main types of garden strawberries: ever-bearing, …
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