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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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Innumerable Insects Cover image

the miraculous world of ‘innumerable insects,’ with dr. michael engel

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better birding and fascinating sparrows, with kathryn schneider

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what to do about fall webworm? (usually, nothing)

intimate relationships: a tale of moss, sumac, and a clever aphid’s gall

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how birds find their food, with ellen blackstone of ‘birdnote’

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spider, feather, frog: 3 little notes on gender (and wonder) in nature

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discovering the wild in your garden (want to learn how 9/15?)

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defining ‘native’ and choosing the right native plants, with dan jaffe

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liverwort and pearlwort: 2 weeds of my driveway and cracks-and-crevices

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butterfly gardening, with jane hurwitz

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week 12: coral peonies, frothy herbaceous clematis, and yes, more frogs

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native plant gardening on a grand scale: ‘saving tarboo creek,’ with scott freeman

9/15 workshops: find & encourage the wild in your garden, with conrad & claudia vispo

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the 5th annual moth night 7/28

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how effective are nativars? with doug tallamy

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a firefly primer, with lynn frierson faust (win her field guide)

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learning to i.d. butterflies, with dr. jeffrey glassberg

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why moths matter (and how to get to know them), with seabrooke leckie

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cleanup week 4: manna from heaven amid meteorological havoc

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cleanup, week 3: snow melts, shoots emerge—but why are so many pinkish or purple?

Mexican bean beetle larvae Whitney Cranshaw image

getting to know your garden insects, with dr. david shetlar

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links i liked: pollinator and fish drones, stinkbugs, physocarpus and more

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asian jumping worms: what we know (2018 interview), with uw-madison’s brad herrick

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best phlox for gardeners and butterflies, with mt. cuba’s george coombs

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