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Sassafras: Spice of Spring The history, folklore, and uses of sassafras sassafras • sassafras officinale • sassafras albidum
Wildlife and Gardens - Part 6 If you want to attract wildlife to your garden, you need to consider plants that will provide food for the critters the year around. You need to use plants that are appropriate for your garden and where you are in the world. wildlife • planting for wildlife • fall fruit • winter fruit • berries
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Autumn Foliage Displays Fall colors are furnished by increased carotenes and anthocyanins that regularly serve in photosynthesis. They play different roles in the autumn. accessory pigments • anthocyanins repel aphids • carotene • accessory pigments absorb ultraviolet light • chlorophyl
A Language Arts Lesson to Bring Outdoors Whether you are a homeschooling parent or an elementary or middle school teacher, use nature to inspire your students' use of similes, metaphors, and descriptive language outdoor language arts lesson • writing in nature • metaphor writing activity • simile writing activity • exploring nature
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Sassafras--My Money Tree! Sassafras, an intriguing decidious understory tree, is not only distinctive with its mitten-like leaves, and aromatic properties, but it's also my money tree! Having sassafras trees growing in my woods is like having money in the bank. may nature promise spring • woodland heady experience • enchanting smells • decaying leaves • sassafrass
Autumn Crescendo The music of autumn is played in a different key than that of spring. Although both begin softly and build to a crescendo, spring's song is sweet and high, while autumn's is a more complex ballad, changing key and rhythm as the music builds. Autumn includes the mellow minor keys, totally absent in spring, as well as a touch of melancholy among the brassy highs. It's a subtle season and spring is not. Spring's changes burst upon us; autumn's are wrought more slowly as our plants descend into winter's sleep. Lot's of images, so please be patient while the page loads for you. fall • color • colour • trees • native plants
In danger: Canada's Deep South Although I grew up in Southwestern Ontario, I never realized it was once the richest and most diverse habitat in the country, an area known as Carolinian Canada. ontario • carolinian canada • canada • diverse • habitat
Clearing Woods - Shrubs - Part 1 - Spicebush Most woodlands have an understory of smaller trees and shrubs. Mine is no exception, but the palette is rather limited, I find. There are a goodly number of images, so please be patient while the page loads. shade • shade garden • shade gardening • gardening in shade • perennials |
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