One tip to whet your appetite – freeze or heat some of the fruit.
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Recipe: Chilled Melon and Chili Salad
Like bananas and oranges, melons come with their own perfectly compostable carrying cases.
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A guide to reducing light pollution around your home, neighborhood
Man-made lighting threatens creatures such as birds, bats and insects that rely on darkness to forage, mate and more.
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Do humans suffer ill effects from light pollution?
Filmmaker Sriram Murali addresses the question in his new movie, which will be shown at ‘Stars over Katahdin.’
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How to buy bird seed mixes that birds will actually eat
A number of common seed mixes contain an ingredient unappealing to most birds.
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Get busy hearing about what makes nature work in such harmony
Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer is coming to speak at Maine Audubon.
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Meet Kimberly Ridley, who teaches nature writing
Come September she’ll be doing it at Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary.
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Plant arugula in August, and watch it thrive in cool weather
You’ll enjoy its peppery bite in salads in September.
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Scientists struggle to measure change in the natural world
Shifting baselines may prompt us to celebrate a wildlife population rebound that looks impressive over 30 years but actually pales against population numbers thousands of years ago.
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Expand your garden into the ‘esplanade’
That bit of land between the sidewalk and the street can host a range of tough, hardy plants.