Tag: gardening

• Stuck Like Glue

  I’ll be the first to admit, whenever I saw a butterfly with a broken wing, I was the kid to create a terrarium (not very decent, mind you) and stick him/her in it hoping it would grow back… and voila, the insect would be healed! Unfortunately, the outcome was always the same: they died. The…

  Olivia G. Schweikart

  April 22, 2018

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  butterflies, education, gardening, insect, preservation, rehabilitation, wildlife

• The Slaying Mantis

  You come home from a long day’s work to relax in your garden, only to find yourself swatting at pests that keep multiplying. Not to mention, you’ve begun to notice recurring holes in your plant leaves. With all the hard work you’ve put in, wouldn’t it be nice to have a form of pest control that…

  Olivia G. Schweikart

  April 5, 2017

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  garden, gardening, homeandgarden, insect, natural, pest, pestcontrol, praying mantis