Nature Friend Magazine
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Read the articles by Nature Friend Magazine to learn about and explore the wonders of God's creation. Nature Friend magazine, begun in 1983, was produced mainly by the Stanley and Janice Brubaker family, owners of Pilgrim Publishers. It was born out of Stanley's desire to encourage children to believe in God as their Creator and to seek out, recognize, and appreciate His handiwork.
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Why,” you ask, “would I want to include native spring ephemerals in my wildflower garden?”
Well, in my experience, these wildflowers are much more than pretty flowers. They bring to your doorstep a fascinating and storied world. They connect the landscaping to an intricate, ecological web of native plants, insects, and pollinators. They make a native wildflower garden a storyland.
Trout Lilies are native wildflowers that hold a special place in our landscaping. Even though for much of the year you wouldn’t know there’s a colony there, each spring I ..read more
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Eastern Bluebird. Photo © Steve Byland/Dreamstime.com.
One beautiful spring morning, I noticed a pair of bluebirds checking out the wren house on our deck. They flitted in front of the hole and tried to squeeze through, but to no avail.
A couple of days later, I again noticed the pair trying to squeeze through the entrance. They really must be desperate for a house to raise their nestlings in, I mused.
A week later, I nailed a bluebird house about 6 feet (2 m) from the wren house and hoped they would find it. Soon I heard their melodious chattering ..read more
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Blooming louseworts or wood betony. Photo © Dana Atkinson.
Have you ever launched something through the air from the bowl of a plastic spoon? I sure have. Similarly, louseworts catapult their seeds to new areas using raindrop power. Those raindrop-powered seed launchers were the main reason that louseworts were on my bucket list of things to see.
One day in late April, I was driving down a dirt road when I spotted a lousewort patch. The thought of seeing the lousewort catapult its seeds stopped me in my tracks. Since seed pods come after the flower ..read more