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Category - Wildlife Gardening
Tips on how to attract wildlife to the garden.
5 Tips for Beekeeping Through Winter
Bees are extraordinary insects, and when one may reckon that beekeepers nurture and keep them...
Join the Butterfly Trail
The Rosalyn Carter Butterfly Trail works to help the monarch butterfly by increasing the habitat...
Choosing the Right Plants for Wildlife Gardening
What’s the best part of being a wildlife gardener besides the wondrous wildlife we attract...
Moths: Creatures of the Night Garden
In the evening, the daytime bustle of the human world quiets down and many animals stir and begin...
Why I Raise Monarch Butterflies
The flight of the monarch butterfly has given merriment to millions of observers. Their striking...
6 Fall Plants Pollinators Love
Fall brings new beginnings for many of us. It’s the best time to plant trees and shrubs, as well...
Tips for Attracting Late Season Butterflies
September is a peak time for butterflies, especially after last winter, which seems to have...
Fun Facts About Fireflies
I was one of the lucky ones, growing up on the East coast of Virginia where lightning bugs, as we...
Ways You Can Help Save the Monarch Butterfly
The iconic orange and black markings of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) might make them the...
5 Plants to Attract Butterflies
We garden for various conditions and reasons, from sun to shade, as well as movement, color, and...
Mysteries of the Monarch
If I were to give you a butterfly quiz, I’m quite sure you could pass. Here we go. Which...
Easy Ways to Provide Wildlife Cover
Wildlife gardens benefit from food, water, nesting sites, and cover. The focus of this piece is all...
Go Wild for Birds, Bees, and Butterflies at Home
When we first moved into our Raleigh home 18 years ago, we had a one-year-old child and two more to...
An Introduction to Bird Watching
Birds have always fascinated me. I have watched birds cluster around feeders as I casually leafed...