Fall

Plant a Monarch-friendly Garden

Submitted by Kat_NC on Fri, 08/12/2011 - 3:20pm

Set aside some space for nature and create a butterfly haven in your own backyard. Help Monarch butterflies with the plants and flowers they need to thrive.

Follow these guidelines for the most successful Monarch butterfly garden:

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Backyard Adventures

WormWatch

Submitted by Kat_NC on Fri, 08/12/2011 - 9:53am

You can watch an earthworm but it can’t watch you. That’s because it doesn’t have eyes. It doesn’t have ears to hear you, or a nose to smell you or hands to hold you. But you have all of those and that means you can be a WormWatcher.

Earthworms are nature’s great recyclers. They munch on debris, leave behind wonderful nutrients and make sure that the water reaches the roots of plants.

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NatureWatch

IceWatch

Submitted by Kat_NC on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 9:54am

What could be more fun than watching and waiting for ice to form on your pond, lake or river? Watching and waiting for it to go away! Knowing when the ice comes and goes every year is an important indicator of climate change. And you can do your part to help scientists understand what’s really happening with our climate just by watching and recording the dates when ice forms and thaws.

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NatureWatch