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Everyone loves bees, butterflies, other pollinators and most people understand the critical role which beneficial insects play in the environment. And many gardeners and homeowners have planted native ...

Winter is here. Some insects die during the winter, others stay active, and still others overwinter, a.k.a. hibernate. No matter how the surviving ones spend the winter, they could use a little help.

Every fall, gardeners everywhere grab their rakes and leaf blowers to clear their lawns of fallen leaves. It feels tidy, it looks neat, and for many, it has always been the “right” thing to do. But if ...

Human nature is an interesting and wonderful thing to study. It is at once both totally predictable and entirely surprising. And observing demonstrations of human nature can be endlessly entertaining.

FALLING BEHIND ON THE BILLS. WELL, AS THE SEASONS CHANGE, THERE’S A CALL FOR YOU TO LEAVE YOUR LEAVES RIGHT WHERE THEY FALL. YEAH, PUTTING OFF RAKING FOR A BIT COULD SUPPORT THE LIFE OF INSECTS AND ...

The first part of February we had record high temperatures and I was cleaning the part of my garden I did not have done. On Feb.10-11 Lincoln had its first major snow (11.1 inches). I thought about ...

Janice Lord has received funding for invertebrate-related research from the Miss E.L. Hellaby Indigenous Grasslands Research Trust, Royal Society of New Zealand, Department of Conservation, and ...