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Wildlife For All Seasons
It took a long time for me to appreciate the plants in my yard when they are NOT blooming and looking their freshest. Like most people, I’d remove the fading perennials to keep the yard looking...
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Wildlife Help in Strange Places
Sometimes a wildlife garden can include an element that was not intended for wildlife- but something manages to find a use for it anyway. Take the wood fence in my side yard. My neighbor put it up a...
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Anteater and the Bird Feeders
No, ”Anteater and the Bird Feeders” is not the name of a new rock group. Instead it is what played out in my backyard last week. Let me explain… For years I never put up a bird feeder. I thought that...
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Wildlife In the Strangest Places
I’ve posted before about how wildlife find interesting uses for human-made objects in the yard. This shed is my kids’ play-house where they store a lot of their outdoor toys. Is something else going...
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Early Flowers Important for Wildlife
It’s definitely not spring here in Oregon yet. In fact, yesterday there was a dusting of snow on my car in the morning. But there are already plenty of flowers blooming including many from native...
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Neighbors Unite!
As I’ve posted about before here, I love Rain Gardens. Last year I removed a patch of lawn in my backyard, dug out a shallow basin, and extended two roof downspouts into it. When it rains (which it...
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A Rose By Any Other Name Is Still an Ecosystem
Above is a sight that most gardeners never wish to see. My rose bush had an aphid infestation. Every inch of new growth on the bush looked like this. I know there are a lot of ways to handle aphids,...
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Big Native – Big Habitat
Last year I planted a Cow Parsnip (a native) in my rain garden. It had already bloomed for the year, so I didn’t really appreciate how big it could get. Well, now that it is a new year I can see- it...
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New Daisies Attract Lots of Life
I’ve written before about how just one plant in your garden can attract lots of wildlife to your yard. I planted these daisies that I bought at a local garden club sale before they had bloomed. I...
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Native Pruners
It’s always exciting for our family when a deer visits the yard. This one has come and gone for a few days now and even had a fawn with it one of the days. I’m not about to suggest that deer visit...
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