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A Gift for Wild Animals

What to Give all the Animals in Your Life by Sandy Swegel After the first big cold snow of the season, I find myself drinking coffee next to the window, captivated by the Wild Kingdom drama of the outdoors…watching the many different kinds of birds foraging or lurking near the bird feeder waiting their turn, […]

One Reason to Weed Right Now!

Preparing for the Gardner’s Rest by Sandy Swegel It’s the week after Thanksgiving and the beginning of a month of serious holiday celebrations. In Colorado, night temperatures are getting colder…my compost pile freezes at night.  I’ve given all the garden and especially the trees a good watering and turned off the irrigation system.  It is […]

Save the Monarch Butterfly!

Doing Your Part to Save Nature by Sandy Swegel The big nature news this week was an article in the New York Times that 2013 is the first year anyone remembers that the monarchs didn’t appear in the central forests of Mexico for the Day of the Dead. It’s part of the cultural tradition there that […]