Your Backyard Habitat Archives

A big brown bat flies through the night.

Goin’ Batty: Dispelling Bat Myths

10/29/2020 8AM All, Your Backyard Habitat, Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups, Nature Academy

Bats take to the skies at night, working as pollinators and pest control. Because of their nocturnal nature, bats sometimes get a bad rap. In honor of Bat Week, celebrate the role bats play in nature as we challenge common myths about bats.

A red-bellied woodpecker rests against a tree on a sunny February day.

Replay: Birds & Their Feathers

10/16/2020 11AM All, Your Backyard Habitat, Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups, Videos, Nature Academy

Join us on our Facebook page every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. We’re at Shawnee Lookout where we’re on the lookout for birds. Conservations & Parks Technician Michael shares his tips on birding and great birding spots in Great Parks.

A brown chicken sits on a fence at Parky's Farm

Replay: Keeping Chickens

10/14/2020 11AM Your Backyard Habitat, All, Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups, All About Food, Videos

Join us on our Facebook page every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. Nature Interpreter Eric is at his favorite place, Parky’s Farm, showing there is more to keeping chickens and roosters than you may think.

Replay: Leaf it Be

10/12/2020 10AM Your Backyard Habitat, All, Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups, Going Green, Videos, Nature Academy

Join us on our Facebook page every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. It’s OK to be lazy in fall! Nature Interpreter Lisa tells you all about how leaving the leaves on the ground is actually better for your lawn than raking them up.

A black walnut sits in a vice. There are black walnut shells scattered around it.

Replay: Black Walnuts 101

10/9/2020 11AM All, Your Backyard Habitat, Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups, Videos, All About Food

Join us on our Facebook page every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. It’s Black Walnut Week! We shared recipes, showed you how to tie-dye – what more can you do with black walnuts? Nature Interpreter Paul tells us more about the science of one of Ohio’s favorite native nuts in today’s video.

Recipes: 7 Black Walnut Treats & Eats You Can Make at Home

10/5/2020 3PM Your Backyard Habitat, All, Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups, All About Food

It’s officially October, which means black walnut season has arrived! Don’t know what to make with the ample black walnuts you have? Check out our nutty list of sweet and savory recipes to treat yourself this fall.

Two black walnuts hang from a branch of a black walnut tree.

Fall Planting in Ohio

10/1/2020 9AM All, Your Backyard Habitat, Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups, Going Green

Are you looking to spruce up your landscape before the chill of winter hits, but aren’t sure where to start? Don’t know what plants would be the best for your yard? We share which native plants will add beauty to your yard come springtime.

Replay: Trash to Treasure

09/25/2020 11AM Your Backyard Habitat, All, Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups, Going Green, Videos, All About Food

Join us on our Facebook page every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. Nature Interpreter Will and Chris Anderson from Science Around Cincy share how you can turn trash into nature’s treasure through composting. Learn how to start your own compost bin in this video.