IKEA Upcycles Furniture Into Homes For Birds, Bees, and Bats. To mark the recent opening of its new store in Greenwich, London, IKEA is giving back to local wildlife.
The company's "Wild Homes for Wildlife" project put local artists and designers to work transforming IKEA products into animal apartments for local birds, bats, and insects. These critter comfort pads will be located across Sutcliffe Park in southeast London, and you can actually visit them by downloading a trail map. Photo by MOTHER/IKEA Newsletter Join the Daily Dose Newsletter. I can't stop looking at plants in Red Dead Redemption 2. Sign Up for Our free email newsletters.
The Pando aspen clone or 'trembling giant', the world's largest organism, is collapsing - Science News - ABC News. The largest living organism in the world isn't a blue whale or a giant California redwood.
Key points trembling giant Key points: Huge underground singular root system of aspen trees that covers more than 100 acres is dying offNew research suggests deer and cattle are to blameResearcher is arguing to build temporary fence to give Pando chance to regenerate It's a huge underground singular root system that sends up tens of thousands of clone aspen trees, each one genetically identical to the next, over an area of more than 100 acres. Pando aspen clone, also known as "the trembling giant", lives on a hillside in the Fishlake National Forest in central Utah. Literally translating from Latin as "I spread out", Pando is collapsing; the forest is ageing, but there aren't enough new recruits to replace the dying trees. "Basically in a single sentence, Pando is failing and humans are at the centre of the failure, because humans control the browsers," Dr Rogers said.
Getty Images: Bryant Aardema. 15 Garden Trends That Will Be Huge This Year. Mushrooms Star in Unexpectedly Colorful Nature Photography Series. In her striking series of Nature Medleys, artist and self-described “modern nomad of the Salish Sea” Jill Bliss captures the unexpectedly exquisite colors of mushrooms. Taken during Bliss’ daily walks around the enchanting islands and winding waterways of the Pacific Northwest, this collection of nature photography showcases the area’s rich and radiant biodiversity.
88 free vintage medicinal plant illlustrations - PLANT CURATOR. Franz Eugen Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen or Medicinal Plants was published in 1887 in Germany.
It comes in four volumes and includes over 300 detailed, beautiful, botanical illustrations of plants. Below we supply 88 from Volume 1. The book was written by Kohler but the pictures were drawn by artists L. People Are Planting Flowers In Potholes To Highlight Roads City Officials Aren't Fixing. A group of “guerrilla gardeners” from all over the world are using a creative way to draw attention to streets and roads that have neglected potholes by transforming them into gorgeous, miniature gardens.
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Build a Bee House. "Bee Houses" provide cover and places to raise young for bees.
They're easy and fun to make, or can be purchased commercially from several vendors. The orchard mason bee is a wonderful little creature. It does not live in a nest like other bees; it lives in wooden blocks, but does not drill holes and destroy wooden items like other bees. It uses holes that are already available. Care of Zebrina Plant. Zebrina plants (Tradescantia zebrina, synonym Zebrina pendula), sometimes called wandering jew, produce trailing stems covered in large, variegated leaves.
The plant also produces attractive lavender flowers throughout the year. Zebrina grows in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 8 through 12, although it's also prized as a hanging basket houseplant because of its trailing habit. Proper care keeps zebrina attractive, although the plant is relatively low maintenance. Location Zebrina plants grow best in partially shaded sites when grown outdoors, while indoor potted plants can tolerate full all-day light.
How to Get Rid of Squirrels: Best Traps and Repellents Review. Squirrels are very funny, small animals, but, despite their attractive appearance, they have gained the reputation of well-known pests long ago. They damage literally everything they can reach, and this costs thousands of dollars. Large-toothed animals feel fine in your territory all year long. They eat bird feed, damage the grown-up vegetables and your favorite flowers, turn everything upside down in the attic. Does the Law Allow You to Kill Squirrels? The Internet Is Losing It Over These Live Leaf Tattoos. "My dad (that adopted me) had a boat and camping and that boat are some of my fondest memories. I gave him a hard time growing and he would always ask where my brains were at.
It's a non traditional 'in memory of' tattoo. " "My dad passed away unexpectedly from complications during surgery. After about a year of mourning and trying to understand why, I decided no pain could be worse so why not get a tattoo in his memory. When you get that phone call from the hospital that no family wants saying, 'We tried everything we could do to save him,' you think to yourself did they really try everything? Small Garden Ideas - Landscaping Small Gardens.
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