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Bonnie Wojcik Who killed the honeybees? -- We Did

Honeybees are dying from Industrial Farming Practices. Malnutrition, overcrowding, inbreeding, disease, and, yes, corn syrup have robbed them of 80 million years' vitality -- all in the last 100 years. Here's the story from October's Discover Magazine.… Continue

Added by Bonnie Wojcik on October 28, 2009 at 4:24pm — 2 Comments

Bonnie Wojcik Monarchs: Migration Discovery

Our first HAWK meeting of the season featured monarchs and their migrations. At the same time, new discoveries were published, showing that these butterflies navigate by using both their brains and their antennae. Open the following file to read about it!… Continue

Added by Bonnie Wojcik on September 27, 2009 at 1:27pm — 1 Comment

Tommy Puckett Neuse River Canoe Trail

Had a great paddle on the Neuse River Canoe Trail today. 10.7 Miles from the Falls Dam putin to the Elizabeth Drive take out in 4 hours. Continue

Added by Tommy Puckett on September 25, 2009 at 8:45pm — No Comments

Carol Buie-Jackson Meck County Tree Seedling and Rain Barrel Sale ORDER YOUR TREES NOW!

Native seedling trees for $1??? Yep, its that time of year again. Meck County Soil and Water Conservation District is taking orders now for trees, shrubs and rain barrels to be available on January 23, 2010. I highly recommend you pre-order (Deadline Oct 30) so that you don't have to wait in the LONG line that snakes down the outside of the building on a COLD January morning. Its the best deal in town! To pre-order, download the newsletter attached to this post.

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Added by Carol Buie-Jackson on September 10, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

J.P. Edwards Michigan Duck Stamp Winner

A Pair of Buffleheads (the smallest of the "Diver Ducks"). This was my third time entering this competition - placing 3rd two years ago. Continue

Added by J.P. Edwards on September 7, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Dee & Frank Hughes MONARCH MANIA - THE BEST LAID PLANS

To the list of information we never had and never thought we'd need let's add one more. Milkweed does not like to grow in pots. Back in late spring we contracted with our friends at UNCC Botanical Gardens to grow 225 milkweed plants for our Monarch Mania event. Just a week ago the plants seemed to be doing well and then.... Yesterday as we were making plans to pick up the plants we were informed that they had virtually all gone dormant. This means they have entered their winter, die back state a… Continue

Added by Dee & Frank Hughes on August 20, 2009 at 12:49pm — No Comments

Dee & Frank Hughes So Just What is a Monarch Waystation?

Monarch Waystation Numero Uno at the University of Kansas Operation Monarch Watch Everybody in this group knows what the Wildlife Federation Back Yard Habitat program is all about. We provide wildlife with food, water, shelter and a place to raise their young. A m… Continue

Added by Dee & Frank Hughes on August 13, 2009 at 10:03am — No Comments

Dee & Frank Hughes The Matthews Monarch Mania Butterfly Blog

HAWK members Dee Hughes and Carol Buie Jackson discuss plans for the Monarch Waystation with Lee Tillery and Tim Ayers from the Town of Matthews Have you seen any monarch butterflys around your yard lately? Most of us saw some in June and early July but since then they've gon… Continue

Added by Dee & Frank Hughes on August 7, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Pam Beck Muddy Water Watch to train volunteers in Mecklenburg and Cabarrus!

Sediment and erosion, releasing dirt and debris into storm drains and creeks, is the leading cause of water pollution in North Carolina River Basins. Water fowl must see into the water to feed on the fish. Fish must see to feed on the benthic macro invertebrates living in the little cracks and crevices on the bottom of the stream. Sediment smothers life in the water. The Yadkin Riverkeeper Foundation (YRF) invites community members in Mecklenburg and Cabarrus County to help stem the flood of se… Continue

Added by Pam Beck on August 5, 2009 at 12:31pm — No Comments

Dee & Frank Hughes One of those days in My Summer Garden

No one will confuse me with Sammy K of Matthews Farmers Market fame but there are a few days each summer when everything seems to come together and make for a very respectable little harvest. Today I managed a nice little handful of beans, a cuke, a narly looking Mortgage Lifter, one… Continue

Added by Dee & Frank Hughes on August 3, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Dee & Frank Hughes My Neighbor & Dr. Tallamy in My Summer Garden

This is a picture of a German Johnson heirloom tomato growing, well in my neighbors lawn for want of a better description. Now my neighbor is an avid vegetable gardener. We exchange plants and wisdom all the time. If I had to describe his gardening technique I'd say he's a Burpee man.… Continue

Added by Dee & Frank Hughes on July 25, 2009 at 10:10am — No Comments

Ernie McLaney A Carolina Wren Welcome!

Visitors to the McLaney home will find a special greeting!

Click here for the show! (This is a short Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation)… Continue

Added by Ernie McLaney on July 18, 2009 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

Dee & Frank Hughes My Garden Summer - Sun Cooking

Back when me and mia spousa TLD were young and good looking, ok better looking, we used to take the family vacation on Cape Cod. In Sandwich there's a Thornton Burgess museum - he wrote the Peter Rabbit stories - called the Greenbrier Nature Center. Among the things they have is a jam and jelly kitchen and they used to specialize in "sun cooking" certain fruits like cherries and peaches. We always picked up a couple of jars and felt the taste was better than normal preserves. In fact I recently… Continue

Added by Dee & Frank Hughes on June 29, 2009 at 2:29pm — 2 Comments

Dee & Frank Hughes First Tomato in My Summer Garden

The next great veggie event in my garden after Sugar Snap Day if First Tomato Day. And that was today. In early March I resurrected the Wall-O-Water system and went to Renfrows for a wee Early Girl hybrid. I had tried the water wall thing before with poor results and read that it works best with small seedlings. I was pleased with this years result. This is the earliest I've ever gotten a full sized tomato in my garden.

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Added by Dee & Frank Hughes on June 18, 2009 at 12:53pm — 2 Comments

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Added by Steve Bennett on June 15, 2009 at 1:56pm — No Comments

Dee & Frank Hughes Monarch Mania Begins in My Summer Garden

It happened today. We've been waiting. Patiently waiting. Today the first Monarch Butterfly appeared in our garden.

Now why is this such a big deal? Two reasons I guess. We're all becoming citizen scientists these days. There are Back Yard Bird Counts, we stretch the limits of recycl… Continue

Added by Dee & Frank Hughes on June 9, 2009 at 1:19pm — No Comments

Dee & Frank Hughes My Garden Summer - Poplar Forest

No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of a garden...But tho an old man, I am but a young gardener. So wrote Thomas Jefferson on a summer's day in 1811 from his retreat at Poplar Forest. Not all of my garden summer experiences actually take place in my garden and it's great summer fun to go visiting.

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Added by Dee & Frank Hughes on June 5, 2009 at 9:32am — No Comments

Leigh Ayers Juvenile bluebirds, male bluebird and a second nest.

Since I have been out of work I have had lots of time to watch and learn from my resident bluebirds. My bluebird parents had a first nest starting with five eggs. I did not get to see them fledge, but only saw four fledgelings around, now they are down to two that regularly come to eat meal worms. These two juveniles are now helping mom feed the nestlings from the second nest. The male that comes around doesn't seem to be the male from the first nest or the past two years. The reason I say this… Continue

Added by Leigh Ayers on May 25, 2009 at 10:59am — No Comments

Dee & Frank Hughes Sugar Snaps - My Garden Summer

There are only a few days on the calendar better than the one in mid spring when the Sugar Snaps go into the ground. One of those better days was yesterday when the first harvest came in. I have a very small kitchen garden, about 70 square feet, so my harvests are measured in pints. I picked one pint yesterday.

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Added by Dee & Frank Hughes on May 21, 2009 at 1:50pm — 3 Comments

Dee & Frank Hughes Attenti al Cane - My Garden Summer

Every garden needs some protection. We all love to see the variety of wildlife wandering about, but I for one draw the line when some freeloading, no doubt liberal squirrel decides to start chomping on my tomatoes. We got our garden guardian a few years back when we acquired Paulo Testosterone aka Paulie Peanuts.

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Added by Dee & Frank Hughes on May 12, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

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Native Plants Available from Southern Styles Nursery, Charlotte
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Invasive Plants of North Carolina

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ATTRACTING BATS!!!

Downloadable guidelines on how to attract bats and where to put your bat house from Bat Conservation International

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