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Sweet News:NYC Beekeeping Ban Lifted

March 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Google Buzz is done, read about the dun of new york city’s newest wildlife BUZZ . http://www.dnainfo.com/20100316/lower-east-side/beekeeping-ban-is-lifted-honey-flows-manhattan

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Native Plants, Insects, and Birds with Tallamy– Katonah 2010

March 7th, 2010 · No Comments

“Bringing Nature Home” With Dr. Douglas Tallamy Wednesday March 10, 7:30 p.m. Katonah Memorial House, 71 Bedford Road, Katonah With many of our bird species in serious decline, it is clear that we must change our approach to bird conservation if we hope to keep them in our future. This program sponsored by the Bedford [...]

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Tallamy’s, “Bringing Nature Home”– the book everyone is talking about

November 10th, 2009 · No Comments

http://bringingnaturehome.net/native-gardening/gardening-for-life

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How about an Insectary? A Garden for Insects

May 25th, 2009 · No Comments

Plant an Insectary to Invite Insects to Your Garden: An insectary is a garden plot just for the insects. The right variety of plants will attract beneficial bugs to the neighborhood. It can be a separate landscape bed right near your garden, or several small plantings interspersed among the veggies. So what do you plant [...]

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Beautiful Bug Images–Courtesy of Michelle G. of Fine Gardening

April 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

10 Most Disturbing Bugs – Oddee.com The Lymantrid moth (Calliteara pudibunda) is widespread in Danish beech (Fagus sylvatica) forests. The species has one generation in Denmark, with the dull grey moth flying during June. Each female can lay 300-400 eggs which she normally does very near the place where she emerged from the pupae. The [...]

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