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October 15, 2018 by James Moody

Compost Tea Recipe

Gardeners can use kitchen and yard waste as components of a home composting system, reducing the need for bringing in outside additives into your garden. Home compost can also be […]

Filed Under: Arboretum, Edible Garden, Horticulture Tagged With: compost, gardening

August 17, 2017 by James Moody

Bernheim Pollinators: Ruby-throated Hummingbird

The Ruby-throated Hummingbird is eastern North America’s sole breeding hummingbird. The petite Ruby-throated Hummingbird has a slender bill that curves slightly downward and their wings are fairly short. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds […]

Filed Under: Blog, Homepage Blog Feed, Pollinators Tagged With: hummingbird, nest, pollinator

September 8, 2016 by James Moody

The Bugs of Bernheim: Click Beetles

Click Beetles are named after the noise they make when grabbed by a predator.  This amazing insect will fall onto its back after a confrontation with a predator and play dead.  […]

Filed Under: Blog, Bugs of Bernheim

June 23, 2016 by James Moody

Vanishing Acts: Dawn Redwood

While fleeing the impending Japanese invasion of the Chinese mainland, well-to-do members of the aristocracy were scouting possible safe zones deep in the wild interior of China, when a forester […]

Filed Under: Blog, Vanishing Acts Tagged With: conifers, dawn redwood, metasequoia, redwood, vanishing acts

June 13, 2016 by James Moody

Vanishing Acts: Big-Leaf Mahogany

Big-Leaf Mahogany, Swietenia macrophylla, is native to Central and South America, growing from southern Mexico to north-central Bolivia. The Big-Leaf Mahogany is a massive timber tree which can attain heights of 100 […]

Filed Under: Blog, Vanishing Acts Tagged With: Big-Leaf Mahogany, Mahogany, vanishing acts

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