Redefining the Beauty of Nature and Wildlife in Our Gardens
I’m taking a tip from fellow author Barbara Pintozzi and sharing a review of some of my wildlife happenings from each month of 2010. It was difficult to choose, there are so many, but these are some of my more unusual or rewarding ones. January: Like its common name, this mushroom stinks to high heaven [...]
The New Year is upon us, and many are reflecting on the year past and looking ahead to good things to come. As you are making your resolutions, be sure to include nature in your promises! After all, nature always resolves to give us beauty and wonder — and to persevere in the face of adversity. Let’s [...]
As the year winds to a close, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on where we’ve been and to thank some amazing people for helping us to get here. First, a huge thanks to the current team at Beautiful Wildlife Garden for your dedication and passion for creating welcoming habitats for wildlife in [...]
Birds are especially visible in our wildlife gardens in winter, and they are not as fragile as we may think. Access to food, water, and shelter will help them get through the cold winter days. Water is one of the most important elements to provide for birds in the wildlife garden in winter. While birds [...]
So after I had my great native gardening epiphany, I wanted nothing more than to go out and plant a prairie. And finally, a few years later, I found myself with a hillside going begging and I set out to do just that. Before I even started, though, I had started to have serious doubts—-prairies [...]
Each year at Christmas we try to do some type of hike near our house. Since we are incredibly fortunate to have lots of nature outside our backdoor it only makes sense to take advantage of it. This Christmas day it was sunny, beautiful and 55 degrees out, definitely not the normal weather for the first [...]
We had an early hard freeze last week in my section of Central Florida so with insects in shorter supply and variety than usual, the birds are relishing the berries of my beautiful wildlife garden. I am enjoying the color and activity that the berries encourage and will admit that the cold weather did put [...]
‘Tis the season, and I wish everyone the happiest of holidays! From owls on the inside to ornaments outside, nature is truly a part of the spirit of the holidays. Even if it’s cold where you are, find some time to venture outside this holiday and let nature give you its own season’s greetings. Meredith [...]
[Guest Post by Carol Duke] For many years I have cultivated a section of my land to encourage wild native blueberries. The eastern slope was covered with nonnative brambles and young trees anchored by large grapevines. White Pines, Beech and Maples had to be cut, which was hard for a tree lover such as myself. [...]
These are just some of the wildlife that visited my suburban Chicago garden during 2010. January February March April May June July August September October November December As this is my last post of the year, I wish you all a peaceful and wildlife rich new year. Happy holidays, Barbara
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