This weeks Wren Song: So, we have chores to do in our wildlife gardens, right? Well, yes. A few. But theyre fun, and not what traditional gardening magazines tell us we need to be doing at this time of year. --Early spring birds, Blackwater NWR (video: Bald Eagle vs 6 Turkey Vultures!) --The power of prairies for grassland birds --How to create hedgerows for wildlife habitat --Like fish in a barrel, so are the winter ducks in Cambridge, MD --Desert blooms: Brittlebush --The value of a dead tree --Eupatoriums: Amazing Butterfly Magnets! --Hunger Moon: when food for wildlife is scarce --Fabulous photo posters to help you choose the best native plants for pollinators --The only early spring chores you need to do in your wildlife garden --How to create curb appeal for wildlife in your garden? --The magic of the marsh for wildlife --Gorgeous cactus for the high Rocky Mountains --Beautiful wildlife garden lizards --Always learning more about native plants --Finding the first native crocus of early spring --Thoughts on springtime and climate change --Emerging mason bees look like a little Lorax --Franken-plants: GMO native plants? --The pink fog of early spring? --Mother Nature heals herself: the Woods Trail at Blackwater NWR --Spring is DEFINITELY coming soon! --Gamebirds in the wildlife garden? ecosystemgardening/wren-song/123-early-spring-chores-for-wildlife-garden
Posted on: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:16:55 +0000