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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Pollinators thrive thanks to team efforts
CorpsTHAT join Forest Staff in the Finger Lakes to plant native species plugs that had been growing at the NRCS Plant Materials Center. (USDA Forest Service photo by Greg Flood)
NEW YORK—On the Finger Lakes National Forest, it takes a community of land stewards to rebuild a community of pollinators in an…
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Grass to gardens: Promoting pollinator pathways
Butterflies flourishing in wildflowers on the national forest. Converting even a small square of lawn to pollinator habitat can go a long way in combating the decline in insect populations. USDA Forest Service photo by Briana Graham.
VERMONT—Libraries, churches, garden clubs and more…