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What Do Pest Control Companies Want to Teach Our Kids?
OR Teach Kids About Butterflies Before Termites. I try hard to focus on positive ways to nurture nature, but when I learn about nature...

ljmarkson
Dec 23, 20202 min read


Can Pest Control Companies Help You Coexist with Nature?
When I found a beautiful spider in the middle of cobwebs on my rarely used garden rake, I started searching the internet to learn more...

ljmarkson
Dec 19, 20202 min read


Triangulate Cobweb Spiders Are Our Friends
OR My Rake Is a Now a Spider Habitat. My rake is used so often that when I recently went to take it out of my gardening storage area it...

ljmarkson
Dec 16, 20202 min read


In Defense of Grasshoppers
OR Without Grasshoppers We Won't Have Birds. On a recent balmy winter day, I walked down a path in my yard and a handful of grasshoppers...

ljmarkson
Dec 12, 20202 min read


I'm An Eco Bag Lady
OR I'm a Naturescape Organic Matter Scavenger Part Two. Much to the embarrassment of my sweet husband, I’m an eco bag lady. When we walk...

ljmarkson
Dec 9, 20203 min read


Can I Have Your Coneflower Seedheads?
OR I’m a Naturescape Organic Matter Scavenger Part One Last month when I saw a nearby neighbor deadheading her large patch of native...

ljmarkson
Dec 8, 20201 min read


Pet Cats Do Not Belong in a Wildlife Habitat!
I love cats. The main reason I keep my two rescue cats indoors is because I want them to live an average of 15 long happy years with me....

ljmarkson
Dec 5, 20203 min read


25 Native Plants for a Wild Birdseed Garden
OR Letting Your Rewilded Yard to Go To Seed Thanks to my ongoing naturescaping (landscaping to coexist with nature) my yard is attractive...

ljmarkson
Dec 3, 20205 min read


Plant a Birdseed Garden to Nurture a Natural Bird Habitat
Butterfly gardens are wildly popular because flowers are not only beautiful but they attract ethereal creatures who create a positive...

ljmarkson
Dec 1, 20202 min read


Why Aren't All State Flowers Native Flowers?
In my quest to learn every little thing I could about passionflower vine, I found out the state flower of Tennessee is non-native iris...

ljmarkson
Nov 29, 20202 min read
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