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Melinda’s Garden: Keep Gardening after the First Fall Frost
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- Written by Melinda Myers Melinda Myers
There is nothing worse than frost in the forecast and a garden full of vegetables not quite ready for picking. Use some simple strategies to extend the growing season and keep enjoying garden-fresh vegetables.
The Beauty in Nature: Eggs on Their Feet
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- Written by Clyde McMillan-Gamber Clyde McMillan-Gamber
The 4-foot-tall, 88-pound emperor penguins are the only birds on Earth that raise young on sea ice around the Antarctic Continent during the southern hemisphere’s winter, which is our summer.
The Beauty in Nature: Interesting Local Insects
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- Written by Clyde McMillan-Gamber Clyde McMillan-Gamber
July to the end of October is the time of insects in southeastern Pennsylvania because those invertebrates are cold-blooded and active only during warmer weather.
The Beauty in Nature: Ways Salamanders Live
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- Written by Clyde McMillan-Gamber Clyde McMillan-Gamber
The various kinds of salamanders, worldwide, have different life cycles.
Melinda’s Garden: Manage Mosquitoes to Better Enjoy Your Outdoor Space
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- Written by Melinda Myers Melinda Myers
Dine, play, and enjoy your outdoor spaces more than ever this year by managing annoying and disease-spreading mosquitoes. Use a multifaceted approach to boost your enjoyment and help keep mosquitoes away.
The Beauty in Nature: Dancing on the Ocean
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- Written by Clyde McMillan-Gamber Clyde McMillan-Gamber
Two kinds of related oceangoing birds, Wilson’s petrels and Leach’s petrels, have several characteristics in common.
The Beauty in Nature: Dace and Darters
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Blacknose dace and Johnny darters are slim, 2-inch fish that live in various-sized waterways in the eastern United States, including southeastern Pennsylvania.
Melinda’s Garden: Vacation Care for Container Gardens
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- Written by 50plus LIFE 50plus LIFE
Planning a few long weekends or a vacation may have you rethinking your garden plans. Don’t let time away from home stop you from growing flowers and vegetables in containers.
The Beauty in Nature: Feathered Dancers
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- Written by Clyde McMillan-Gamber Clyde McMillan-Gamber
Up to six kinds of small birds nest or winter along flowing streams in North America.