By Lynn Ocone
Watching birds in your garden and at feeders is one of the most pleasurable ways to enjoy nature through a cold winter. On snowy days, their liveliness, colors and sounds...more
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Among the dozen speckled, brown-and-tan, fresh-laid eggs were two cracked ones. I grimaced -- and hesitated. The farmer dropped the price to $2. "They'll be fine if you eat them in a day or two," he said. I nodded, adding them to the Farmers' Market's fresh beets, cantaloupe, and fragrant peaches to ... [more]
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After cutting back perennials, protect them from winter. Snow is a great insulator, but if you live where snow cover isn't consistent, place pine and other evergreen boughs over the plantings to catch snow and break the wind.
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