… Inc., to install a state-of-the-art “smart garden” network. Cognitive Gardens specializes in applying artificial intelligence technology to improve performance in living systems. Last year, technicians strategically installed an array of sensors in garden … and amazed us,” said senior horticulturist, Davina Bowman. “It was like knowing your child is waking up from a nap! We can go and take care of the plants right away and know they will look …
Type: Blog
… I started vermicomposting (composting with worms) in April for Earth Day. It has been four months and my worms have generated some nice castings (worm poop) from the food I fed them. My compost is ready to harvest! If you started a worm bin or are planning to do so, you will know your bin … the paper bedding and food scraps have been turned into a dark, fluffy, soil-like material. In a successful worm bin, the castings will be lightly moist and airy, not wet. (Note: If your …
Type: Blog
… Description: Look in the Dixon Prairie for this grassland bird that, like others of its kind, is no longer common. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This bird is often heard, but less often seen, in shrubby areas or the McDonald Woods foraging for …
Type: Birding
… Description: Commonly seen during migration, this bird is found in wet habitats—most frequently the Dixon Prairie and Marsh Island. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This small, non-diving duck is usually seen in small to medium flocks on Garden lakes or flying over. …
Type: Birding
… Say's Phoebe is western species of fairly large, brownish-gray flycatcher with a peach-colored belly. Rarely seen in the east. …
Type: Birding
… purposes. Biodegradable Biodegradable products or packages decompose into elements found in nature within a reasonably short period of time after normal disposal or use, reducing the volume of materials stored in landfills and offer recyclable alternatives. In gardening, biodegradable seed-starting pots, nursery pots, and containers are available. Bioswale A bioswale is a shallow channel that has been created in the landscape to temporarily store rainfall …
Type: Plant Info
… This tree needs full sun to partial shade and moist soil conditions to thrive. In March and April it produces insignificant green blooms. It has attractive red, orange, and yellow foliage in the fall. It is a specimen. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is a dwarf hybrid (8 feet tall, 6 feet wide) that blooms with showy panicles of red flowers in the spring. This buckeye will also produce yellow fall coloring. It prefers light shade in moist, well drained soil. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
