Humane Gardener
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Cultivating compassion from the ground up for all creatures great and small. Author of The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife.
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Joined July 2014
Fallen leaves provide foundational year-round habitat for countless animals (in ways that might surprise you!)
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Fallen leaves provide foundational year-round habitat for birds, insects, frogs and countless animals (in ways that might surprise you!)
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Life in the Places Between: The Writing Spider and the Wrens
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Wrens were here. Then a writing spider came and went. Together they left an old nest and silken grafitti to remember them by.
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Busting the "Property Values" Myth
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Do native plantings affect property values? Sure they do—in a positive way. Let's put a rest to the insidious myths that say otherwise.
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Life in the Burnweed: American burnweed is a free spirit, throwing caution and seeds to the winds. What's not to love about Erechtites hieraciifolius?
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American burnweed is a free spirit, throwing caution and seeds to the winds. What's not to love about Erechtites hieraciifolius?
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This week on the podcast, Nancy Lawson of @humanegardener is back! This time she's sharing all about a #CitizenScience project called #MonarchRx & an unexpected way we can help promote #monarch #butterfly health. @CitSci
https://t.co/WiZxc5sb41
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Monarch Rx: Calling All Butterfly Watchers
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Got milkweed for monarch caterpillars? Check. Nectar plants for adults? Check. Dead plants that contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids? Say what?
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Amazing. The children lead once again.
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“A bunch of kindergartners,” now in seventh grade, worked years to urge the City Council to approve a ban on toxic pesticides in parks, playgrounds and other spaces.
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Fern fronds hold on tight for the great unfurling, like kitties and people sleeping with their wrists curled up on their chests (which I used to do until a physical therapist told me to stop it). Look closely and you’ll see we have company. #fernsarepeopletoo #spiderspy
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Will You Be My Valentine? https://t.co/nYUr1TNJ4L
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Randy rabbits, flirty frogs, sexy swallowtails--what's not to love?
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Last week I posted a video of a busy bumblebee on a Virginia rose and posed the question: What’s all the buzz about? If you guessed buzz pollination, you are correct! These bees are vibrating their flight muscles at…
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I read @humanegardener, Nancy Lawson's, "The Humane Gardener" book and I think every nature loving human should have a copy of this on their coffee table. Book review is in the blog https://t.co/8elv0Xo3cS
#lovenature #naturefriendly #greatreads #goodbooks #garden
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How to Save the Violets https://t.co/6PFVdDXv1T via @YouTube
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As butterflies emerge, lawn care and mosquito control companies flood mailboxes with propaganda. If you want to make your garden a safe place, don't believe the hype. https://t.co/0Ptys2sux8 via @humanegardener
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As butterflies emerge, mosquito spraying companies flood mailboxes. If you want to make your garden a safe place, don't believe the hype.
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The Frogs Are Calling. Will We Listen? https://t.co/9m3EUDG4eQ via @humanegardener
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Suffering from their own global pandemic, frogs have few places to hide from mowers, pesticides and fungal disease. Helping them starts at home.
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The next great crowdsourced project: "Humans share the land; wildlife survives." #wiredbackpage #itstheirworldtoo #crowdsourcingforwildlife
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Did you know that 99% of bats are rabies-free? Or that a single bat can eat 6,000 mosquitos each night?🦇😍 Below, the @humanegardener shares how shelters are sending new bat signals while protecting people and animals. #WildlifeWednesday
https://t.co/OJjra3J7bi
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Excellent article about all the reasons learning & appreciating nature's wildlife is the way to embrace coflourishing. 'Strangers in a Strange Land: The case against trapping and relocating' (2018) #humane #coexist #nature #bekind
https://t.co/55TqK6R8E6 via @humanegardener
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