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December 4December 4 Donna L. Long

Choosing Field Guides (with videos)

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Nature Almanac for December 2021

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Storing Food for the Winter (How to Hoard)

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Best Books for Nature Journal Keeping and Drawing

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Foraging Black Walnuts (with video)

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Nature Almanac for November 2021

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October 16October 30 Donna L. Long

Using the Pleiades as a Natural Calendar (with video)

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Waterfowl Migration in Autumn

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Nature Almanac for October 2021

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What is the Difference Between Ducks, Swans, and Geese?

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Living Life as Ceremony

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Nature Almanac for September 2021

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Nature Almanac for August 2021 and Aster Yellows Disease

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Summer Phlox: A Pollinator Plant for Summer Heat

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