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1. Naturally Native Squids Headquarters The Naturally Native Squids group welcomes lenses about nature, animals, native plants, gardening (especially ecologically healthy gardening) and all things natural. Lenses should be well constructed with good content and photographs, with no generic...
2. Stalking the Wild Greens All of our Mamas told us to eat our greens. They knew how nutritious greens can be and wild greens like dandelion and chickweed are filled with vitamins and minerals. These so-called "weeds" have been eaten in other countries for years. Instead of s...
3. Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau was a man for all seasons. He was an author, a naturalist, philosopher, surveyor, Transcendentalist and a protester. His happiest times were spent studying the flora in the forests around his home in Massachusetts. His last and un...
4. Tallgrass Prairie Restoration Elsewhere the sky is the roof of the world; but here the earth was the floor of the sky. ~Willa Cather~ One of the most diverse ecosystems in North America, the tallgrass prairie is also one of its most endangered. Less than 1% of the original extent...
5. The Great Outdoors--Store Everything you need to maximize your enjoyment and pleasure in the great outdoors. The absolute best products available for: Hiking, Camping, Riding, Boating, Swimming, Hunting, Discovering, Gardening, Vacationing, Fishing. Learning, And Showing Off. WE...
6. Wildflower Folklore Wildflowers are not only beautiful, but many carry stories of widespread uses from treatment of colds to cures for cancer to finding one's true love. Some uses strike us as silly today. Toothwort, because of its resemblance to teeth, was thought to b...
7. Nest Box Trails for Bluebirds and Others Lawrence Zeleny's book, the Bluebird How You Can Help Its Fight for Survival, alerted the public about the peril of our native Bluebirds. Now people all over North America are building and maintaining Bluebird Trails. Anyone can start their own trail...
8. Preserving Native Habitats in Louisiana Scientists from all over the world, like Douglas Tallamy the author of Bringing Nature Home, are advocating using native plants in sustainable, ecologically balanced gardens in suburban and urban yards to help bring back the beneficial insects that a...
9. Butterflies and Gardening to Attract Them What is more beautiful than a garden full of colorful flowers with gorgeous butterflies flitting around? It's really not that hard to create a haven like this right in your own yard. All you need to create this sanctuary for you and the butterflies a...
10. Blazing Star Liatris The long, beautiful purplish-pink spikes of the Blazing Star flower are often used in flower arrangements. Who would dream that this gorgeous, showy flower was a native perennial? There are 22 species of Liatris that grow in the southeastern United...
11. 15 Easy to Grow Southern Wildflowers Here are 15 easy to grow native flowering perennials that are guaranteed to thrive in the hot, humid areas of the coastal southern United States and in other parts of North America, too. As we move toward sustainability, native plants are becoming mo...
12. To the River and Back Again in Pictures Each morning, around 9:00 a.m. we (two humans and our two dogs, though sometimes neighbor dogs, Amos and Sadie, join us) make our daily trek down to the Little Tchefuncte River in southeastern Louisiana, filling bird feeders along the way. This is a...
13. Canoeing the Tchefuncte River Come with us on a virtual canoe ride down the lovely and scenic Little Tchefuncte River. We'll see many of the plants and animals that live in and along the river. Your guides will also tell you about the river and its flora and fauna. So, get your v...
14. Reduce Harmful Pollutants Plant An Organic Rain Garden Organic rain gardens are very effective at reducing the volume of storm water runoff and capturing harmful pollutants. More communities across the country are planting organic rain gardens to help protect and restore water quality. Rain gardens also...
15. California Native Plants Saving water is a good starting point on why it is important to garden with native plants, but there are so many more reasons, and most of them have to do with preserving our wildlife. Our plants and animals have evolved together for tens of thousand...
16. Milagro de la Selva Tea The Mayan Civilization left a stunning legacy. Most of the existing details of this highly advanced culture survived by being passed down from father to son through the centuries. It was in this way that ancient Mayan medical knowledge stayed alive a...
17. Naturally Native Lensography We love everything about nature, animals and the outdoors and we hope that our lenses reflect that love and respect. Every season brings beauty and some surprises. We also have a lot of hobbies and interests including art, photography and crafts. Oh,...
18. Tips About Rain Gardens on Twitter One of the new Green landscaping techniques is to utilize low areas in your yard to build rain gardens which will keep excess storm water on-site. Rain gardens impact the environment in a number of positive ways. There are many tweets about rain gard...
19. Invasive Plants in the U.S. The recent increase in ecological awareness frequently results in the misguided notion that anything and everything green is good.  Instead of worrying about preventing “illegal aliens” of the human species from taking up residence w...
20. Growing Nursery Plants in Backyard For PROFIT$ Why waste your money at the nursery buying plants that you can easily propagate yourself? Or ever wondered if you could start your own plant nursery business? Michael J. McGroarty fills you in on the secret techniques that the nurseries don't want...