Greener Gardening Blog
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Jun 262021Beneficial Insects: Natural Enemies
Beneficial Insects are those which contribute valuable services to our gardens, such as pollination and pest control. Pest control is performed by predators or parasitoids. Predators are insects that find and eat prey insects and...
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Jun 152021Plant for Pollinators
Follow these nine rules to make your garden the most popular place for pollinators to gather and grow.
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May 312021Bring Hummingbirds to your Home
Named after the humming their wings make while moving up to 80 beats per second, hummingbirds are a welcome sight to Pennsylvania gardeners. Of the 330 species of hummingbirds that live across the Americas, from as far north as...
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May 182021Your Guide to Better Garden Biodiversity
May 22, 2021 is International Day for Biological Diversity, or Biodiversity Day. The slogan for this year is “We’re part of the solution,” so we will be sharing ideas to help you increase the biodiversity of your...
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May 032021Early Spring Plants for Migrating Birds
Spring is the time of year when many of us get outside and become more active. It is also the time when many migrating birds make their way home. Trees and shrubs can be very important to these migrating birds as they move back...
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Apr 232021Plant a Tree for Arbor Day
View a helpful list of tips for planting a tree in our blog post about Arbor Day!
