Soups On
The only good thing about getting sick is that I end up making a big pot of soup. I got knocked down last week with a horrible cold and the worse cough ever. Soup time!
Summer Fun With Butterflies
Alice, who many of you might remember working in our sunny annual department every Spring loves to share photos of her beautiful gardens, and she lately has been fascinating us with videos and pictures of all of her butterflies hatching.
The Walpole Purple Martin House – #bornatbehnkes
A customer wrote and mentioned her daughter told her that she has so many memories in her yard, all that were #bornatbehnkes! So in keeping with that theme, I wanted to share with you something I finally got to my home and got up.
How to Manage Pest Insects
Learn various environmentally-friendly methods to keep insects from harming your plants.
Tips for Dealing with Mosquitoes
You could have the most beautiful outdoor space, but if you get bitten up every time you go out, you might not ever want to use it.
Watching Birds in Winter
You don't have to be a gung-ho birder to appreciate spying a sprightly bird on a dreary winter day. Learn how to attract more birds to your yard, which ones you're most likely to see and how to identify the ones you don't recognize.
How to Prevent Rabbit Damage in the Garden
In this area, deer are seen as the gardener's no. 1 enemy, but there's been a boom in the rabbit population in the past few years and they're coming for your plants. Learn how to live with cottontails and keep them from ravaging your garden.
The Snowy Owl
Even when many of us are huddled indoors wishing winter would go away, nature can still give us gifts. Read about this snowy owl sighting in Stephanie's own neighborhood and how social media can help connect us with the natural world.
Feeding Birds as Seasons Change
Fall is here and a young bird’s fancy turns to seed; at least that’s the way many of the birds that overwinter in our area survive until next spring’s insect buffet starts up. If you are a casual feeder of the birds, here are some things you can do now to prepare for the change of seasons.
Of Monarchs and Milkweed
If you plant them, they will come. Yup, that's milkweed and monarch caterpillars. Both the caterpillars and a monarch butterfly laying eggs were spotted recently on milkweed growing at Behnke's.