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Life Cycles of Butterflies in Your Habitat Garden

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I was honored to write a guest post last week for the Little Humbugs Gardening with Chloe series about attracting more butterflies to your garden. In that article I discuss the importance of knowing which host plants are necessary to support the caterpillars of the butterflies you wish to attract.
Butterflies go through four distinctive stages [...]

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Community Gardens, Gold Medal Plants, Giving Back:Best of the Web 20

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It’s that time again. Time for our weekly meander around the internets to see what’s new, exciting, or noteworthy. I read a lot, so I like to share with you some of the interesting things I find in my travels.
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Arizona Ecosystem Gardening Showcase

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I don’t have many words today, mainly because I am in denial that we are getting another two feet of snow. It’s cold, gray, and dreary. So I am dreaming of warmer places.
Please enjoy these Arizona Ecosystem Gardening photos:

See all the gardens in the Ecosystem Gardening Showcase and warm yourself with fond dreams of spring. [...]

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Gardeners Unite to Save Wildlife

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When it comes to wildlife conservation, the Brits are often way ahead of us. But the good news is that we can learn from them and do our best to catch up.
In Gardeners must unite to save Britain’s wildlife, experts say there are some great tips for uniting with other gardeners in your neighborhood to create [...]

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And what the heck is Ecosystem Gardening Anyway?

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You may be wondering just what the heck I mean by “Ecosystem Gardening,” and I can answer that here. As you read through these articles, please be aware that I have grown in my thinking on this subject and I changed the name. In the beginning I was using the term “Conservation Gardening.” But for [...]

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Top 10 Herbaceous Plants to Attract Wildlife to Your Ecosystem Garden

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“What should I plant” is the most frequently asked question I receive from people who’d like to attract more wildlife to their gardens. We have already discussed the top 10 woody plants to attract wildlife to your Ecosystem Garden. Now we”ll delve into the best herbaceous species.
These plants have been chosen based on a study [...]

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Ecosystem Garden Showcase: Ro Wilson, Cape May, NJ

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It’s time for our weekly visit to an Ecosystem Garden, showcasing the many ways you can help wildlife in your garden. If you would like to see your garden for wildlfie featured here, please read A Visit to YOUR Garden.
Many thanks to Irma McVey for submitting these beautiful photos for this Ecosystem Garden Showcase.
Ro Wilson [...]

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A Visit to Cindy Brown Ahern's Conservation Garden

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It is time to start looking at the principles of Conservation and Ecosystem Gardening in practice, and to start this series off, I made a visit to the wonderful wildlife habitat garden created by Cindy Brown Ahern.
Cindy enthusiastically met me at the sidewalk with binoculars in hand. She was surprised that I did not have [...]

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Butterfly numbers plunge by 50 percent

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Butterfly lovers have noticed an alarming trend–butterfly numbers are down over 50 percent this year.
The North American Butterfly Association (NABA) has sponsored butterfly counts since 1992, and has noted significant drops in butterfly populations this year.
Pat Sutton is a founding member of NABA and has participated in these counts since their inception. To meet Pat [...]

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How to Certify your Conservation Garden for Wildlife

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Having your Conservation Garden listed as certified wildlife habitat is a great way to show your support for several organizations working to protect wildlife by encouraging folks to make healthy choices on their properties that benefit wildlife. And by adopting these methods of making beneficial decisions you will be well on your way to creating [...]

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