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How to Celebrate National Pollinator Week – 15-21 June: Go Native!
National Pollinator Week – See how MGNV can help you “Go Native!” with pollinators. Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden, Pollinators
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World Migratory Bird Day – May 9 and 10
Written by Mary Free, Certified Master Gardener The migration of birds northward peaks in April and May, and we celebrate World Migratory Bird Day May 9 and 10. Initiated in 2006 and administered by the United Nations Environment Programme, it … Continue reading
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Tagged Archilochus colubris, awnings, bird baths, bird deaths, bird feeders, bird migration, bird-building collisions, birdhouses, Black-capped Chickadee, Cardinalis cardinals, Christa Watters, communication towers, Conservation, Downy Woodpecker, glass atriums, Lights Out DC, migratory seasons, Northern Cardinal, outdoor shutters, Picoides pubescens, Poecile atricapillus, power lines, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Sphyrapicus varius, Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, UV reflecting glass, wildlife, wind turbines, window decals, windows, world migratory bird day, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
The Long View – Meditations on Gardening (The Garden as Artifact)
The Garden as Artifact By Christa Watters Garden: n. Planted area of ground, a plot of ground where plants such as fruits, vegetables and flowers are grown. (Latin origin hortus garda implies a closed area. Ultimately from a prehistoric German … Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden, The Long View – Meditations on Gardening
Tagged Alexandria, Arlington, buds, climate change, December solstice, deciduous, evergreens, fruits, garden bone structure, garden structure, gardening, horticulture, invasive species, Master Gardeners, midwinter, seed catalogs, Seeds, shrubs, Simpson Gardens, snow, spring, spring equinox, Trees, vegetables, wildlife, Winter, winter gardens, winter interest
Predator in the Urban Garden
By Christa Watters On a recent morning when I went out to the patio to fill the bird feeder, I looked up and thought maybe the neighbors had put one of those owl statues on their wall to deter unwanted birds and … Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden
Tagged Alexandria, Arlington, fall gardening, gardening, hawk, hawks, Master Gardeners, owl, owls, predators, wildlife
The Long View – Meditations on Gardening (The End of Fall)
By Christa Watters One day the tulip magnolia next to my front door is still green – leaves fringed with yellow, spotted with brown here and there, yes, but basically still green, and on waking the next morning I see it still … Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden, The Long View – Meditations on Gardening
Tagged Alexandria, Arlington, bird feeders, black spot, bulbs, camellia, Christa Watters, chrysanthemums, crabapple tree, daffodils, fall gardening, foliage, garden meditations, gardening, garlic chives, Lilium seed pods, Master Gardeners, Monarda, peonies, rambler roses, summer phlox, thinning perennials, tulip magnolia, tulips, wildlife, wildlife plants
