Activities - Preserving Wildflowers
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Most wild flowers soon wither if you pick them, but you can preserve them for a long time by pressing or drying them. Choose only flowers that you know are common, and do not pick them unless there are lots of them. Remember to pick a stem with a leaf, or take a separate…
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Activities - Growing a Surprise Garden
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You can grow a surprise garden from the seeds you pick up on your sneakers on a muddy walk!What you will need to get startedA rainy daySneakersClean jar or plastic containerSterile compost or potting soilClear plasticA warm placeStep 1Put on your…
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Activities - Growing Flowers From Bulbs
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Many of the earliest spring flowers grow from bulbs. The bulb is a store of food that lets the plant shoot up and grow before it is warm enough for most flowers.Only use bulbs that you can buy - never dig up bulbs that are growing wild!What you will need to get startedClay…
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Activities - Home-Made Sweet Homes for Native Bees
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It’s easy to build a “Bee Condo” for native bees!Many of the wild bees you may encounter in your backyard garden make their burrow homes in the soil. Some bees create hives in snags (a dead or dying standing tree, often with its branches broken off), or in holes in trees. The activity of…
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Managing for bees
Contractors prepare to transfer shortleaf pine off one of Mark Twain National Forest’s log landings, June 8, 2023. (USDA Forest Service photo by Preston Keres)
Most people are acquainted with honeybees and bumblebees and their importance in nature. There are 4,000 bee species in this country…
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The Birds and the Bees
Pollen falling from a grass species. (Image © Jürgen Kottmann - stock.adobe.com)
Seed production for angiosperms begins with the flowering parts. Flowers must be pollinated in order to produce seeds and fruit.Self-PollinationSelf-pollinating species can reproduce even if animal pollinators are not present. However, reproduction through self-pollination reduces genetic diversity.The anther…