Why Do You Need Bees in Your Garden? Once you have planted a vegetable garden for the season, the most important thing you can do is sit back and let nature take its course. Bees play an important role in the food chain, providing pollination services in exchange for nectar and honey. Bees feed from…
Homemade Hummingbird Food for Your Feeder Hummingbirds love to drink sugar water from artificial feeders. You can safely make your own hummingbird food using white sugar and water. Many store-bought, pre-packaged hummingbird foods contain red food dyes and preservatives that can be harmful to your hummingbird friends. So the best option is to prepare cooked…
How to Get Honey From a Bee Hive Almost every beekeeper looks forward to the day when they can reap the prize from their hives – honey! One of the best aspects of setting up a beehive is the local honey produced by bees. For beekeepers who have never extracted honey from their hives, the…
Ladybugs Are Beetles, Not Bugs Basic work first Ladybugs live all over the world. There are about 5,000 species and more than 450 of them are native to North America. Also known as ladybugs or lady beetles. It is part of the coccinelid (scientific name) or beetle family, which means small beetle. Beetles live on…
What Is Vermicomposting? First, the definition of vermicomposting is using sludge to make fertilizer! These environmentally friendly animals can help reduce waste. I keep the red wobblers indoors in a vertical stacking box. The area I currently live in does not recycle unless someone pays a private company several hundred dollars a year to pick…
Butterflies Are Important to Agriculture Like most agricultural states, Oklahoma relies on butterflies and other insects for pollination. Drought, wildfires, climate change and humans have affected butterfly ecosystems in some places (butterflies that prefer swampy areas have been particularly affected). The effect of moth damage can be observed when crops decline due to insufficient pollination….
Attract Birds to Your Garden With DIY Feeders Spring, summer, winter and fall. If you have bird feeders, each season brings a variety of birds. What better way to enjoy the beauty and songs of your changing flock than to use feeders made from recycled materials yourself? Helping Our Flying Friends Birds will continue to…
How to Build a Butterfly Garden What’s more beautiful than a garden full of flowers? Well, a garden full of flowers and fluttering butterflies. These winged creatures are considered some of the most beautiful insects on Earth. If you want to create a butterfly garden, know that butterflies need at least six hours of sunlight,…
Easy Recipe for Hummingbird Food Have you ever seen a hummingbird fly? When they roost and roost, they spend most of their time foraging for nectar to maintain their energy levels. They need to eat once every 10 to 15 minutes and visit between 1,000 and 2,000 flowers a day to get the energy they…
DIY Bird Feeder Pole Do you want to attract birds to your garden? Are you looking for a cheap bird feeder? This article will show you how to make one from an old patio umbrella. The end result is a tall pole with six sturdy arms that allows you to hang an array of bird…