In this post, Lauren offers 6 tips on how you can design a bird-friendly garden right in your own backyard.
In town in the country, animals – both domestic and wild – are all around us. Interested in supporting pollinators? Want to create a garden for birds? Curious to understand the responsibilities of pet owners in rural Benton County? Not sure what to do with that amphibious class pet at the end of the year? Whether you’d like to attract wildlife for viewing or deter them from eating your crops, we have information to help.
In this post, Lauren offers 6 tips on how you can design a bird-friendly garden right in your own backyard.
If you have nest boxes for swallows or bluebirds, you may have house sparrows too. House Sparrows are considered by many a pest because of their aggressive nesting behavior. Learn what you can do.
In my blog post The Native Link: The Importance of Native Plants to Birds, I describe the importance of native plants to the ecosystem, and more specifically, how birds benefit from native plants. But what exactly is the problem with nonnative, and more specifically invasive, plants and how do they affect birds and the ecosystem