Bridget Reed Morawski is a contributing writer for USA TODAY Homefront. She most often covers energy, environment, sustainable design and travel. When she isn’t writing a daily morning newsletter on climate and energy policy, she’s writing about bee hotels for Architectural Digest and turning power plants into new neighborhoods for Atmos Magazine. She lives in Washington, D.C. and enjoys train travel, volunteering at her local botanic garden and cooking up dinner parties.
Wasps help the ecosystem with pollination and pest control, but unlike other creatures, these insects are not friendly neighbors. Unlike honeybees, butterflies or other winged pollinators in your backyard, many types of wasps don’t have an easygoing nature. If they feel their hive is threatened, they will sting repeatedly. While wasps and bees do look…
Although there are more than 20,000 species of bees on the planet — including an estimated 3,600 species in North America — very few are likely to take up residence in the American home. Bee problems are likely linked to honeybees since they tend to interfere with your structures. “Honeybees are the only kind of…
You, too, can be a grass guru — if you follow a lawn care schedule. Planning ahead can take the guesswork out of your landscaping to-do list and eliminate unpleasant surprises, such as bare spots. When it comes to turfgrass tasks, you need to be one season ahead. The mantra “a failure to plan is…
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