Recent Blog Posts Showing 151 - 175 of 213 « first 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Summer Fun with your Dog Whether youre packing for a day at the beach or a hiking trip, taking along the right gear will make the outing both safer and more fun for your dog. Gardening Tips for June Here are a few helpful suggestions and tips to keep your gardens at their peak performance. How to Prepare the Soil for your First Garden Nothing happens in a new garden until the soil is prepared for planting. Gardening Tips for May May's weather is anything but predictable. Pay attention to weather forecast and warnings. April showers may have brought more than just flowers or nothing at all. A Guide to Fairy Gardens For centuries mankind has been fascinated by legends of fairies. With a bit of fairy lore, some imagination, and just a small patch of space you can create a garden of whimsy, an open invitation to fairies to come and frolic. Container Gardening It's easy to experiment and change plants with container gardening. Butterfly Gardening for Kids Winged jewels of the air... flutterbys... no matter what you call butterflies, they entrance everyone. Planting a garden to attract them is one of the best ways to get children of all ages interested in gardening and nature, while introducing them to a bit of science at the same time. What You Need to Start Seeds Indoors Starting seeds indoors is a great way to ensure earlier blooms and an earlier harvest from your garden, and allows you to choose longer-growing cultivars to enjoy. Enterprising gardeners can enjoy starting seeds throughout the winter, if they have the right tools to get the seeds growing. The Great Backyard Bird Count The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual 4-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are. Keeping Your Dog Clean in the Wintertime Few seasons of the year can be more fun than wintertime for a pet owner. Any dog owner knows how much their pet loves to play in freshly packed snow. But keeping your dog clean during this time of year can be a real challenge. Here are a few tips for keeping your best friend healthy and looking... Winter Cat Care Shorter days and colder temperatures can have the same depressing effects on pets as they do on pet owners. Fortunately, there are easy ways cat owners can keep their furry family members happy and healthy all winter long. Winter Poultry Care Chickens are much tougher than they appear and they only need a little extra care during the winter months. Here are a few essential tips to consider when caring for your chickens throughout the winter. Heated Bird Baths By providing a heated bird bath, backyard birders give their flock an advantage when the world is frozen, and liquid water can attract even more birds to a winter backyard. Forcing Spring-Blooming Bulbs in Winter Most spring-blooming bulbs can be forced into bloom. The most common choices are hyacinths, tulips, narcissus, grape hyacinths and crocuses Attracting Wild Turkeys Wild turkeys, notoriously picky about their living conditions, require a more specialized environment than many other types of wildlife. You can, however, manage your land to attract and retain wild turkeys by knowing something about their preferred foods and habitat. Using Fallen Leaves to Help the Birds When you're busy raking leaves every autumn, take a break and use some of those leaves to help the birds! Fallen leaves, or leaf litter, can be very beneficial to birds. Carving and Decorating Pumpkins and Gourds Pumpkins and gourds are fantastic fall decorations, perfect for centerpieces, flower arrangements, window boxes, mantles, porches and decks. But how can you carve or decorate them for the best effect? How Birds Migrate Depending on the species, birds may migrate hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of miles every year. They travel between their winter range and breeding range and back again, always arriving at the same geographic region at very nearly the same dates annually, and many young birds... Maintaining your pastures What can you do in the fall months to preserve and utilize pasture? Even under cool soil temperatures, cool season grasses can produce shoots and new sprouts from the mother plants. Undergrazing can be a problem since horses prefer lush new growth to stemmy, older plants. They also avoid their own... Troubleshooting Canning Problems Sometimes, even those who have been home canning for years may run into problems with their food-filled jars. Some problems are related to the condition of the jars or lids and/or how they were filled. Others relate to spoilage of the food or changes the food may have undergone during processing. Mosquito Bites and Your Cat Along with the warm and humid days of summer comes the mosquito. Although cats seem to be guarded against mosquitoes by their fur, they are vulnerable to bites on their ears and noses. Decorating Your Deck Your deck doesn't have to be a bland, unattractive area with thoughtful decorating, it can be an attractive outdoor living space that showcases your personal style and transitions from inside your home to outside with ease. Creating A Compost Pile Starting a compost pile is as easy as following a cooking recipe. Just get the right ingredients together, mix well, and let it cook. In a matter of months you'll have finished "black gold" to mix into the soil of your flower, herb and vegetable gardens. Deterring Aggressive Birds Birds may face dangers in their everyday lives both while eating, flying, or perching. The danger may be from one of their own kind who feels his territory has been invaded. Other dangers include larger birds who will kill and eat smaller birds, squirrels who raid the bird feeders, insects who... BBQ Party Tips Hosting a backyard barbecue is great summer fun, and there are many ways you can make your party distinctive and entertaining for all your guests.
Summer Fun with your Dog Whether youre packing for a day at the beach or a hiking trip, taking along the right gear will make the outing both safer and more fun for your dog.
Gardening Tips for June Here are a few helpful suggestions and tips to keep your gardens at their peak performance.
How to Prepare the Soil for your First Garden Nothing happens in a new garden until the soil is prepared for planting.
Gardening Tips for May May's weather is anything but predictable. Pay attention to weather forecast and warnings. April showers may have brought more than just flowers or nothing at all.
A Guide to Fairy Gardens For centuries mankind has been fascinated by legends of fairies. With a bit of fairy lore, some imagination, and just a small patch of space you can create a garden of whimsy, an open invitation to fairies to come and frolic.
Butterfly Gardening for Kids Winged jewels of the air... flutterbys... no matter what you call butterflies, they entrance everyone. Planting a garden to attract them is one of the best ways to get children of all ages interested in gardening and nature, while introducing them to a bit of science at the same time.
What You Need to Start Seeds Indoors Starting seeds indoors is a great way to ensure earlier blooms and an earlier harvest from your garden, and allows you to choose longer-growing cultivars to enjoy. Enterprising gardeners can enjoy starting seeds throughout the winter, if they have the right tools to get the seeds growing.
The Great Backyard Bird Count The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual 4-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are.
Keeping Your Dog Clean in the Wintertime Few seasons of the year can be more fun than wintertime for a pet owner. Any dog owner knows how much their pet loves to play in freshly packed snow. But keeping your dog clean during this time of year can be a real challenge. Here are a few tips for keeping your best friend healthy and looking...
Winter Cat Care Shorter days and colder temperatures can have the same depressing effects on pets as they do on pet owners. Fortunately, there are easy ways cat owners can keep their furry family members happy and healthy all winter long.
Winter Poultry Care Chickens are much tougher than they appear and they only need a little extra care during the winter months. Here are a few essential tips to consider when caring for your chickens throughout the winter.
Heated Bird Baths By providing a heated bird bath, backyard birders give their flock an advantage when the world is frozen, and liquid water can attract even more birds to a winter backyard.
Forcing Spring-Blooming Bulbs in Winter Most spring-blooming bulbs can be forced into bloom. The most common choices are hyacinths, tulips, narcissus, grape hyacinths and crocuses
Attracting Wild Turkeys Wild turkeys, notoriously picky about their living conditions, require a more specialized environment than many other types of wildlife. You can, however, manage your land to attract and retain wild turkeys by knowing something about their preferred foods and habitat.
Using Fallen Leaves to Help the Birds When you're busy raking leaves every autumn, take a break and use some of those leaves to help the birds! Fallen leaves, or leaf litter, can be very beneficial to birds.
Carving and Decorating Pumpkins and Gourds Pumpkins and gourds are fantastic fall decorations, perfect for centerpieces, flower arrangements, window boxes, mantles, porches and decks. But how can you carve or decorate them for the best effect?
How Birds Migrate Depending on the species, birds may migrate hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of miles every year. They travel between their winter range and breeding range and back again, always arriving at the same geographic region at very nearly the same dates annually, and many young birds...
Maintaining your pastures What can you do in the fall months to preserve and utilize pasture? Even under cool soil temperatures, cool season grasses can produce shoots and new sprouts from the mother plants. Undergrazing can be a problem since horses prefer lush new growth to stemmy, older plants. They also avoid their own...
Troubleshooting Canning Problems Sometimes, even those who have been home canning for years may run into problems with their food-filled jars. Some problems are related to the condition of the jars or lids and/or how they were filled. Others relate to spoilage of the food or changes the food may have undergone during processing.
Mosquito Bites and Your Cat Along with the warm and humid days of summer comes the mosquito. Although cats seem to be guarded against mosquitoes by their fur, they are vulnerable to bites on their ears and noses.
Decorating Your Deck Your deck doesn't have to be a bland, unattractive area with thoughtful decorating, it can be an attractive outdoor living space that showcases your personal style and transitions from inside your home to outside with ease.
Creating A Compost Pile Starting a compost pile is as easy as following a cooking recipe. Just get the right ingredients together, mix well, and let it cook. In a matter of months you'll have finished "black gold" to mix into the soil of your flower, herb and vegetable gardens.
Deterring Aggressive Birds Birds may face dangers in their everyday lives both while eating, flying, or perching. The danger may be from one of their own kind who feels his territory has been invaded. Other dangers include larger birds who will kill and eat smaller birds, squirrels who raid the bird feeders, insects who...
BBQ Party Tips Hosting a backyard barbecue is great summer fun, and there are many ways you can make your party distinctive and entertaining for all your guests.