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Training Your Cat to Use Scratching Posts
Scratching is normal feline behavior. It's part exercise and part "marking" behavior. Your cat stretches, has a nice vigorous scratch, and leaves the spot marked as "mine”. It also helps to rid the claws of old layers, but doesn't really do much to sharpen the claws, as many people believe.
Our Pets – All That Love and Health Benefits too!
Helper animals, such as guide dogs for the blind, and seizure alert dogs offer obvious benefits to humans. However, the average domestic pet, such as a dog, cat, or even a goldfish, can provide health benefits to their owners. Pets not only provide unconditional love and affection, they can ease loneliness, reduce stress, and encourage exercise. Caring for a pet may even help us to live longer.
Grow a Calming Container Garden
The soothing benefits of gardening are well known, but you don’t have to have extensive acreage, a large yard, or even any plot of your own to find those benefits. […]
Gussy Up the Veggie Garden
A vegetable garden is the ultimate in practical landscaping, and a thriving veggie patch can not only be a bountiful supplement to a grocery budget, but also an enjoyable hobby […]
Gardening to Combat Climate Change
Rising tides, severe storms, raging wildfires, widespread flooding, changing habitats – climate change is having undeniable dire consequences all around the globe. Fortunately, there are many easy ways to combat […]
Late Spring Gardener’s Calendar
Turn over your vegetable garden and add humus, mushroom compost or manure to enrich the soil. Apply Bonide Fruit Tree Spray as buds swell and again at petal drop to […]
Simple Water Features for Small Spaces
A simple water feature can make a large impact even in small spaces. The addition of a container water garden will transform, beautify and diversify your existing garden into an oasis that brings relief during the dog days of summer and beyond.
Protecting Our Pollinators
Every garden requires pollinators, and bees are among the finest. Without them there would be limited flowers and far fewer fruits and vegetables. Did you know that about 30% of […]
It’s Shedding Time Again
Dogs and cats, especially those kept indoors, shed some all year long. But longer days and warmer temperatures will trigger increased shedding in your pets. Stay ahead of the shedding […]
Tips on Caring for Chicks
Raising your own chickens for food or as a hobby can be a rewarding experience. Here are a few things to consider when starting a new flock of chicks. Prepare […]