Automate your gardening for a total hands-off experience
From simple water timers and ground cover to advanced robotic technology, these days it’s possible to take a hands-off approach to gardening.
From simple water timers and ground cover to advanced robotic technology, these days it’s possible to take a hands-off approach to gardening.
June and July are considered the highest-risk times for Lyme disease, when the deer ticks are in their difficult-to-spot nymph stage.
Despite its spooky and somewhat threatening appearance when emerging from its host, horsehair worms are harmless to humans.
Most people interested in foraging for mushrooms in Maine and attending classes to learn how have one concern: Is it edible?
The flies remain a risk to the rest of the summer berries ripening across the state, including blueberries.
The national “Adopt A Cow” program was brought to Maine by the Dairy Promotion Board two years ago.
Maine’s modern influencers follow a natural progression from the 20th century books and magazines that attracted and connected early back-to-the-landers.
Rabies is rarely fatal in humans if proper treatment is sought within 14 days, but it can remain dormant in the body for weeks or even years.
It all began with an Old English myth claiming that earwigs intentionally crawl into people’s ears while their sleeping.
They may be gross, but without maggots the earth would be polluted with the bodies of dead plants and animals.
It’s too early to say for sure, because they could still be affected by fungi, bacteria or other killing factors. But it could be bad.
On sunny summer days, out by the pool or on the lake, it’s easy to overlook the pink blooming on your shoulders and cheeks.
The most effective measure against ringworm is to avoid getting it altogether by keeping the body clean and dry during humid conditions.
Low- and no-till practices are one set of options that have taken off in Maine and across the country.
“Camping has always allowed me to create my own little bubble in nature where I can disconnect from the larger world,” Julia Bayly writes.
Once cowbirds lay their eggs, they are abandoned in the host nest to be raised to maturity by the other bird.
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