PlantersPlace.com | The Kitchen Garden | Edible Shrubs at the Brine Garden I met Duncan Brine at the Garden Writers Association Symposium last year in Portland but it wasn’t until yesterday that I got a peek at his fabulous garden in the Hudson Valley. Duncan and his wife Julia have transformed their six acre property [...]

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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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A Natural Treasure That May End Up Without a Country – New York Times Annotated WHERE THE CHACHALACAS CHATTER The Sabal Palm Audubon Center in Brownsville, Tex., named for the stocky palm trees of the Rio Grande Valley, is home to rare birds and other wildlife, and may end up on the Mexico side of [...]

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NPR: Hummingbird Eyes  Annotated photo credit: Ketzel Levine, NPR

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Rural Intelligence | The Online News Source for Dutchess County & Columbia County, New York – Litchfield County, Connecticut – Berkshire County, Massachusetts | Rural Road Trips: Excursions Annotated On Route 82, you will have passed Buttercup Farm Sanctuary, over 500 acres of diverse habitats, six miles of trails, and, on a good May day, [...]

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