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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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...and thank you for the encouraging words as well.
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#322 |
Great Horned Owl
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Northeastern MA
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#323 |
Grub
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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Plant more natives, talk to anyone who will listen about ecological gardening. It starts to sink in. My mother-in-law now grows milkweed, when just a few short years she swore at it as she yanked it out. Many gardeners here in NYC plant natives where they can. And I’m going to start looking more closely at bumblebees for the single rusty patch thanks to you guys. The news is so discouraging, but that just means that we have to work harder and faster. And don bee costumes and flap our wings! Okay, maybe not that...
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#324 | |
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Very inspirational--until I read about donning a be costume. ![]() ![]()
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#325 |
Great Horned Owl
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Northeastern MA
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I love the upbeat attitude, as it is probably all we have aside from planting accordingly in our back and front yards. Nevertheless, this is scary information, and I've been noticing that, even with all the pollinating plants I have already on my property, I easily see each summer the decline in all insects. These are scary times...
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Grub
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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#327 | |
Great Horned Owl
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Northeastern MA
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#328 |
Grub
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: NJ
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I really need to find the relevant state agencies and their public forums who think wholescale pesticide spraying is the answer to mosquito and tick problems. Both carry some scary diseases but PPE is surely a better solution than the spraying and habitat destruction.
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#329 | |
WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Grub
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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The adjoining properties are pretty typical suburban, however there are still interesting wildlife sightings. We had a black snake living in the hollow of a tree in my front yard. |
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