- Page 8 of 14 Practical nature tips for people who give a shit

A “weed” is a plant growing somewhere a human doesn’t want it. That’s the entire definition. It’s a mar [...]

There’s a small but thriving industry of decorative toad houses — ceramic mushroom-shaped things, hand-painted cottages with [...]

You can plant the perfect “dragonfly-friendly” flower bed and not see a single dragonfly show up. Plants alone don’ [...]

The phrase “blooms all summer” does a lot of heavy lifting in plant catalogs, and most of the time it’s doing it di [...]

The honest answer is: usually none. And if that surprises you, you’re not alone — because most of us come to native plant gar [...]

Finding a tiny turtle hatchling — usually no bigger than a quarter or a fifty-cent piece — triggers an almost universal response [...]

Coneflowers show up on almost every deer-resistant plant list, which gives people the impression they can plant them anywhere and wal [...]

Rats at bird feeders tend to produce a specific kind of dismay in people — not just annoyance, but a creeping guilt, like somehow y [...]

The truth is, hummingbird feeders do attract bees — and wasps, and yellow jackets, and occasionally hornets if you’re particu [...]

Most people just live with it: that ugly dead patch of bare, hull-covered soil under the bird feeder. They figure it’s the bird [...]