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Winter Storage: Keeping Your Harvest All Year Round [Infographic]

February 17March 27Posted in Garden & NatureTagged all year round, alu foil, apples, bags, basket, beans, box, bucket, bulk, buy, cabbage, cardboard, celery, choose, cold, crops, dirty, easy, food, garlic, harvest, haul, how to, onions, pears, plant, plastic, potatoes, protect, pumpking, root, season, shallots, space, squash, storage, store, temperature, tools, ventilation, winterLeave a comment

Written by Abby Quillen, Published on Fix.com

Our ancestors built root cellars, underground structures that kept food at a consistently cold temperature year round. Depending on individual needs, it may be worth building a root cellar or another type of food storage system if you don’t have ideal conditions to store winter crops. But before you start digging or building, it’s important to assess whether the chosen dwelling – probably a garage, shed, basement, cellar, or unheated room – already provides the ideal conditions for storing some food.

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Differences between Bees and Wasps [Infographic]

July 25June 22Posted in Sustainable GuideTagged anatomy, appeareance, avoid, basil, bees, behaviour, citronella, concern, control, diet, difference, differences, eucalyptus, flies, flowers, food, garden, geranium, help, hives, infographic, insect repelling plants, lemongrass, marigold, mint, natural, nest, pennyroyal, pest, plants, prevent, prevention, protect, repellent, role, save the bees, sting, summer, tips, trap, wasps, wornwoodLeave a comment

Though summer brings all kinds of wonderful things such as barbecues, picnics, fun outdoor activities, and more, it also attracts stinging insects. While you should be concerned about the species that pack a powerful and painful sting and can cause allergic reactions, there is one that should be protected. Check out this infographic that compares wasps, yellow jackets, hornets and honey bees. By following this guide, you can learn how to tell the difference between these stinging insects and what steps to take to control and prevent or protect them respectively.

via edenpest.com

The following Infographic shows the respective diet, anatomy and nests differences between Bees and Wasps:

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