About Country Mouse

Country Mouse is part of the blogging duo at Town Mouse and Country Mouse. Since moving to the Santa Cruz Mountains from Silicon Valley 11 years ago, I've become more and more involved in caring for the land, removing weeds and exotic plants, and learning to propagate the local native plants for use in the garden.

Gardening With Wildlife

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Gardening with wildlife I sat in an open window at dawn, looking over the chaparral garden at the brilliant moon, almost full, descending towards the horizon. A running scurry along the flat earth area in front of my greenhouse caught my eye. It was an LBB –a little brown bird, of which we have many [...]

Filed Under: Beautiful Mammals

We Want:

To redefine beautiful
To start a positive conversation
To become stewards of our properties
To help wildlife in our gardens
To choose plants that help wildlife
To plant more native plants
To remove invasive plants
To talk about the birds and the bees (And the flowers and the trees)
To encourage bugs
To plant for butterflies
To love frogs and toads
To welcome bats
To practice sustainable landscaping
To use water wisely
To use no harmful chemicals

To Show that all of this is BEAUTIFUL!