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You can attract blackbirds and other ground-feeding birds by scattering some seed and installing a low-platform feeder.
Good bugs pollinate our food crops, enrich and fertilize the soil, eat our garbage and provide food for wildlife.
A few of Indiana's tiniest transplants — invasive worms, moths and beetles from overseas — have made massive changes to Indiana's ecosystems over the past several decades.
There are remedies that can rid veggies of common insects if applied at the first signs of activity, Don Kinzler writes.
To be fair, landscape fabric has its place. Unfortunately, it’s widely misused in most home landscape applications, where it ...
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Home & Garden Digest
The Garden Exchange is scheduled from 8 to 9 a.m. July 26 and will be held at the Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave. At 8:30 a.m ...
Avoid handling them, as this and other species can produce defensive cyanide-containing secretions if they feel threatened ...
Next time you hear hooting and it sounds like “Who’s coming for dinner,” take a look in your garden or backyard to determine ...
Another common insect, the green lacewing, devours a multitude of garden pests including thrips, whiteflies and even small caterpillars when in its larval stage. They require a water source to thrive ...
AS WE MOVE through July and our yard and gardens are flourishing, let us dive into a “Nutrients 101 short course.” ...
And while it is great to attract worms to your garden, their casts are an overlooked lawn problem that's fueling weed growth.