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Lookalike butterflies: Monarchs and viceroys

Doesn’t mean you have to disparage viceroy butterflies, though, the butterflies that look an awful lot like monarchs except for

Do the birds and the bees get a little drunk sometimes? They certainly seem to, at least some of them.

By Shauna Dobbie I bet you wish you could actually dissect all the Canada thistles out there and trash them.

If you want to have monarchs in your garden, plant nectar-rich flowers. Make sure your choices bloom in fall to

By Dorothy Dobbie They look blue. You’d swear they are blue, a very striking, and intense blue kind of blue.

By Shauna Dobbie My grandmother had a big bleeding heart in her garden, next to her front door. As a

1. I walk alone. Contrary to what we may believe, most wasps are solitary, living alone in a hole in

How is it that winter’s brutal cold doesn’t appear to faze them? Birds have the highest body temperature in the

By Sharon Moffat There is often nothing more upsetting to a gardener than to stroll out into the garden to

For many the arrival of the American robin is a sure sign spring is on its way.

By Sherrie Versluis There is no bird more recognized in North America than the robin. They are known to many