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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 Survive the Winter: For Gardeners

Garden Experiments — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 19:56:51 +0000

It’s gray, foggy, and drizzling outside – a perfect Mississippi winter day. When winter arrives, I curl up on the couch, tuck in the extra blankets, close my eyes and fervently wish I was somewhere tropical. I wish, I wish, I wish! Yep, still here. The only thing that gets me through these yucky days […]

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The Beauty of Decay in the Winter Garden

Garden Experiments — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 21:30:44 +0000

The last couple of weeks the weather has been down right cold! Well, for Mississippi standards it was cold. Highs in the 20’s and lots of wind – that always makes me curl up in lots of blankets and not want to go outdoors. Brrrr! But the cold front passed us by and now the […]

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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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Cross Vine: Bignonia capreolata

Garden Experiments — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:06:44 +0000

As a native plant, cross vine has a big advantage – it’s easy to grow, hardy, tolerates the heat, has a low water requirement, and can grow in both full sun and part shade. It’s in the same family as trumpet creeper (Bignoniaceae), and the flowers are very similar – trumpet-shaped, 2″ long tubular, and […]

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Winter Garden Project: Count Birds at Your Feeder This Winter to Help Track Bird Populations

Garden Experiments — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 14:10:26 +0000

Want something fun to do while your garden is sleeping this winter? How about signing up for Project Feeder Watch? If you live in North America, you can participate in collecting data that helps scientists determine changes in bird distribution and abundance. This is a great way to teach your kids about scientific data collection […]

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Plants that provide food and shelter in fall and winter for wildlife

Garden Experiments — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:10:33 +0000

If you’d like to see more wildlife in your garden in winter, be sure to include plants that provide food and cover in the fall and winter. Some of these plants are evergreen, providing necessary cover, and some have fruits, seeds, or nuts that persist into winter. Here are some (mostly native) plant suggestions that […]

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Bringing Herbs Indoors for Winter Cooking

Garden Experiments — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:30:17 +0000

Having fresh herbs to add to your cooking in the winter is a great boon – you just can’t beat that fresh flavor. Now is the time to plan so that you can enjoy the flavor throughout the winter. Depending on where you live, some of your herbs will survive outdoors even in winter. My […]

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