Category: Plants and Animals
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Simple Rock Gardening for those Difficult Spaces
If your property has a section with a steep slope or a rapid change in grade you might have the perfect location for a rock garden. While I’ve seen some elaborate man made rock gardens and poolside grottos, to me the most impressive have been the ones that had the makings there in nature and… Read more
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Tips for Harvesting and Storing Onions
A good garden will yield you a bounty of onions, just about ready for their final harvest about this time of year. Once you’ve grown them you need to learn how to store them. It’s really not that difficult and stored properly they will last for about six months . When are they ready to… Read more
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Home Soil Sample Test for Gardening | Easy DIY Guide
I once had some soil delivered and spread on a section of the lawn and from it grew the worst grass that I had ever seen. There was plenty of sun. I watered it regularly. I used good grass seed and seemed to do everything right so why the lack of success. It was the… Read more
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Rock that rock garden where nothing else will grow
If your property has ledge or a section with a steep slope or a rapid change in grade you might have the perfect location for a rock garden. While I’ve seen some elaborate man made rock gardens, the most impressive have been the ones that had the makings there in nature and the gardener just… Read more
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Wicked smaht crickets can tell you the temperature
It is possible to use the chirps of the cricket common throughout the North America to gauge temperature. Crickets are sensitive to changes in air temperature and chirp at faster rates as the temperature rises. To get a rough estimate of the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit, count the number of chirps in 15 seconds and… Read more
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Backyard chickens … what’s the deal in Sudbury?
Raising backyard chickens is both a wonderful hobby and a source of good protein made out of stuff you want. There are lots of resources here (Sudbury even has a Grange) or nearby to help you get started. Before you do, the Board of Health has a set of rules and regulations. Here’s “section 6… Read more
