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May 06, 2013 Video: Here's A Garden Kids Won't Abandon You've tried planting gardens for the kids in the past. And every year, it's the same result: the super excitement and cooperation at planting...

January 21, 2013 Crazy for Birds Even if you don't know an oriole from a hummingbird, watching birds at a backyard feeder sure makes you want to find out about who's visiting....

January 03, 2013 How Many Birds? You have fun every day watching birds at your feeder. Now that enjoyable time can be productive too. Cornell University and Bird Studies Canada need y...

September 24, 2012 Critter-Proof Your Bulbs! In the world of gardening, fall is a lot like winter. It's the season where we pore over photos of gorgeous plants. Only this time of year, it's sp...

September 13, 2012 Gardening Blogs: Laugh and Learn! We love reading gardening blogs! It's like peeking over the fence to see what your neighbor's up to. You never know what you'll find, but ...

September 10, 2012 No Sparrows? It's Magic! Bullying house sparrows beware! Your all-you-can-eat buffet at the feeder is about to end. With the Sparrow-Free Magic Halo from Bird-X, you can feed ...

August 14, 2012 A Pond Any Gardener Can Build Water streaming over gentle falls is meditative and soothing. But build those falls in your own backyard? That's a headache waiting to happen. ...

August 02, 2012 What's That Bug? You think you've got potato bugs, but how can you be sure? Ask the Bugman! Identifying bugs is a labor of love for Daniel Marlos, aka the Bu...

July 17, 2012 Video: Bring On the Butterflies! Want to imbue some life into your garden? Bring on the butterflies! By selecting a few key plants, you can have monarchs, zebras, painted ladies, a...

June 26, 2012 For the Birds: House Secrets. You've put out seed and a bath, and the birds are having a blast. The only thing missing from this scene is a house, where they can nest. But what...

May 24, 2012 Welcome Ladybugs With This Cute House Tired of mites, aphids, whiteflies, and Colorado potato beetles munching on your gardens every season? It's time to call in the ladybug brigade fo...

January 30, 2012 Check Out These Adorable Birdhouses If birds could make a wish-list for ideahousing, we're pretty sure these two cute options would be top contenders. You'll appreciate them, too, for ho...

October 10, 2011 Simple Way to Keep Backyard Birds Safe If you've ever had a birdhouse in your yard, you know how great it is when birds actually move in and call your garden home. Unfortunately, you also k...

August 11, 2011 Help Save the Bees If you're wondering where all the bees in your garden went, you're not alone. Researchers have been studying the disappearance of bees for years—and n...

May 05, 2011 Talk to the Birds Tending our gardens puts us in touch with much more than soil and plants. We also learn a lot about nature, particularly birds. By now you probably re...

May 03, 2011 Bring on the Bats and Butterflies         Free garden help is hard to come by. So why not find som...

February 23, 2011 Learn How to Feed Your Favorite Birds Winter can be hard on wild birds, especially in snowy regions where food is often scarce. February is a perfect time to s...

February 10, 2011 Outfox the Squirrels Let's be honest: squirrels humiliate us. Day after day, these twitchy little mammals get the better of us. Even in winter, when there aren't many live...

January 06, 2011 Stylish Bird Houses Will Jazz up Your Garden Even if you don't have the funds to upgrade your own pad this year, you might want to do it for your favorite feathered friends. ...

January 03, 2011 A Cleaner Way to Feed the Birds We love to watch birds fluttering around and eating the seed we put out for them, but we're not so crazy about the dirty job of cleaning the feeder. ...

December 28, 2010 Bird Feeding on a Budget Birding and gardening go hand-in-hand. If you have a beautiful garden filled with shrubs and perennials, chances are you also have a lot of birds that...

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