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Maybe the best part of having become a gardener is the irresistible invitation it provided me to connect with nature.

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links i liked: plant consciousness; beaks adapt to feeder use; insectary strips on farms, & more

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links i liked: fighting impatiens disease, crossbill irruption, overwintering ticks

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lessons in the plants: ‘braiding sweetgrass,’ with robin wall kimmerer

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the latest on backyard tick research, with dr. neeta connally

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‘the naturalist’s notebook,’ with nathaniel wheelwright

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an adventure deep into ‘the living forest,’ with joan maloof (book giveaway)

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emerald ash borer, plus imperiled oaks, with morton’s murphy westwood

a saner approach to fall cleanup, with the habitat network’s rhiannon crain

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a birder’s biggest big year, with noah strycker

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what’s really native where you garden? with elizabeth farnsworth

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my bird-feeding basics (and favorite feeders)

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controlling lily leaf beetles, with u. of rhode island’s lisa tewksbury

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cracked tomatoes, growing rhubarb in hot spots, asian jumping worms, stiltgrass: q&a with ken druse

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bird gardening: powerhouse fruiting plants, with andy brand

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‘plants are the mulch’ and other nature-based design wisdoms, with claudia west

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powdery mildew, sowbug and pillbug infestation, fungicides on tomatoes, garlic bloat nematode: q&a with ken druse

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the monarch-milkweed arms race, with cornell’s anurag agrawal

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bee balm: make room for monarda, with mt. cuba’s george coombs

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birding by ear, with nathan pieplow: how to listen to what birds say

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birdnote q&a: in mothering among birds, a mix of styles

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the optimism of new england wild flower society’s dr. elizabeth farnsworth

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‘what makes plants happy:’ my new york times q&a with thomas rainer

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my wildlife tree, or snag: a lively progress report

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how early is spring? ask the usa national phenology network

'horticultural how-to and woo-woo' with margaret roach, head gardener