The logs and stick homes can be used all year round as well for a range of insects such as beetles, centipedes, spiders and fungi making it a valuable part of the ecosystem we often overlook. Another ...

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Tributes to a former soldier and an 84-year-old with an MBE are among those being paid in The Chronicle deaths and funeral ...

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Or you can attempt a truce. Buy a cheap feeder, fill it with corn, and put it 10 feet away from your bird feeder. Squirrels ...

Birds instinctively know where to find shelter, but we can help them survive a tough winter, writes Hans Kunze.

Although we’re in the middle of winter, soon we’ll witness the unveiling of springtime and all of its joyous colors: brilliant orange poppies, deep purple iris and vivid yellow tidy tips. And after ...

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Encinitas landscape, the 2025 landscape winner in the San Dieguito Water District, nurtures both flora and fauna ...

Now that the first half of January is already becoming a memory and well-meaning resolutions may have been broken, ...

Adjacent to the Rose Garden, Washington Park offers additional attractions worth exploring – the Japanese Garden, Hoyt ...