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Beauty Under The Underbrush — Nature’s Guy Discovery

ByDavid Kuhns March 26, 2018March 26, 2018

I cut away some junk underbrush (privet bushes) and found this beauty. I’m lichen it a lot!
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Lichen on a privet bush trunk - Chickamauga, GA March 2018

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Chigger Remedy – Recipe for My Bug Bite Treatment
ByMarnie June 28, 2020June 28, 2020

This is my all-natural recipe for chigger bites. It soothes and eliminate itching and pain from chigger bites and mosquito bites. If you’ve ever been bit by chiggers, you know what torment feels like. Even though my husband and I wear long socks and long pants, every summer we still end up with literally dozens…

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Pulling Out Invasive Privet After A Rain
ByDavid Kuhns June 29, 2021August 31, 2021

Invasive privet (aka Chinese privet) is a non-native species throughout the Southeast USA. Privet crowds out native wildflowers, bushes and trees, and is difficult to remove. For example, when I moved to my property in Catoosa County, Northwest Georgia, nearly the entire edge of my woods was a solid mass of privet. Since removing it,…

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Missing Wildflowers: Nature Haiku
ByDavid Kuhns July 2, 2019August 21, 2019

Folks look at my yard/ and see lots of grass to mow./ They miss wildflowers.

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Why Make And Maintain A Natural Yard: For The Birds, Bees and Butterflies
ByDavid Kuhns October 6, 2019October 7, 2019

Natural yards for the birds, bees and butterflies — and for the pleasure they brings human senses — are nothing new. I personally have created my own natural yard for decades, as has my brother. Where did that inspiration come from? Our forest ranger father, who taught all my siblings that lawns were silly, foolish,…

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Reconnecting With My 27 Backyard Tree Species: Haiku
ByDavid Kuhns July 3, 2019August 20, 2019

Hi, my deep-rooted/ woods friends. I’m sad I’ve not been/ near. I’ll tread barefoot.

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Fresh Seeds: What A Concept!
ByDavid Kuhns April 12, 2018

Being the frugal guy I am, if I don’t use seeds one year, I try them the next. Not that there is anything wrong with that, because seeds usually germinate for several years (although the germination rate goes down the longer you keep them in storage). My wife has A LOT of old seeds, so…

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