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Bird Baths in Winter: How to Unfreeze Your Bird Bath

Garden Experiments — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 19:43:00 +0000

Birds need water to survive, so keeping a bird bath full of fresh water will attract many different species. Here are some tips on how to keep your bird bath filled with water all year round. Do Birds Need Water in Winter? Winter is here, and the birds in your backyard are thirsty. Sure, they […]

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How Do Frogs Survive in Winter? By Freezing!

Garden Experiments — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 09:37:00 +0000

Have you ever wondered what happens to the frogs in your backyard in winter? From 64 degrees during the day to 20 degrees at night, the following day is a dramatic change. Frogs are cold-blooded animals and derive their body temperature from the air surrounding them. So, at 20 degrees, will they freeze and die? […]

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How to Help a Turtle Cross the Road

Garden Experiments — Wed, 08 May 2019 20:39:25 +0000

If you drive down a country road or through neighborhood street in the spring, you’re likely to see at least one turtle trying to cross the road and maybe even some that didn’t make it across the road. Sometimes you’ll even see them on big four-lane roads. It’s hard to see a turtle with his […]

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Cute Green Porch Visitors: Green Tree Frogs

Garden Experiments — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 11:36:45 +0000

After a week of fall temperatures (one week BEFORE fall), we are back in the heat and humidity of a typical summer day even though we are now officially in the fall season. On a particularly humid night, I opened the back door of my house to see these two little cuties hanging out. They […]

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Be Careful What You Bring Indoors

Garden Experiments — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 22:46:06 +0000

The air is getting crisper and the temperatures are dropping. It’s getting close to the time to bring your plants indoors for the winter. I have a lot of potted plants, so each year, I have to pick and choose the ones that I am going to try to save and those that I will leave […]

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The Butterflies are Back!

Garden Experiments — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 22:58:47 +0000

This summer, the butterflies have been noticeably absent. While I have seen some smaller butterflies, like these pearl crescents that were mating among the four o’clocks in my front garden, the larger beauties were just missing. It’s been a strange summer. The temperatures got high very early in spring and they really haven’t gone down. […]

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The Dramatic Baby Bird Rescue

Garden Experiments — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 12:36:19 +0000

Generally I have a policy of leaving nature to take its course. I am unable to care for baby critters – so if I see one that is by itself or looks a little in need, I may provide it some food or water, but I refuse to bring them indoors or try to ‘save’ […]

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Backyard Wildlife Summer 2016

Garden Experiments — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 17:04:17 +0000

This summer has been full of weird and wonderful backyard wildlife. From a nest of barred owls to frogs to snakes and turtles, I’ve seen a lot in my garden and backyard. Watching wildlife is one of the things I enjoy so much about my garden and yard. It’s why I work hard to create […]

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The Stunning Beauty of a Moth – Moths from My Backyard

Garden Experiments — Thu, 05 May 2016 16:47:41 +0000

Have you ever heard of mothing? Really, it’s a thing. If you are familiar with birding, mothing is quite similar, though apparently a lot easier. With birding, you have to go out and seek the birds but with mothing, well, you turn on a light at night and wait for the moths to come to […]

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December Garden Visitors

Garden Experiments — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 21:20:38 +0000

Our December weather has been unusual this year. It took a long time before our first freeze and then we’ve had a couple of days here and there that were in the 70’s. But, as always, after warm winter weather, a bad storm follows. Because of the bouts of warmer temperatures, I’ve had some fun […]

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