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A Seasonal Gardener’s Guide

A Seasonal Gardener's Handbook, Revised edition by Donna L. Long.
A Seasonal Gardener's Handbook, Revised edition by Donna L. Long.

Top Posts & Pages

  • Choosing a Hand Lens for Nature Study
  • Identifying Backyard Mammals: A Photo Gallery
  • Cavity Nesters: Birds that Use Holes in Trees
  • Circumpolar Stars in the Night Sky
  • Using the Pleiades as a Natural Calendar (with video)
  • The Celtic Festivals - Earth-based Seasonal Events

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Penstemon barbatus
Penstemon barbatus native utah to Mexico. Photo: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

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