Kermit and our local frogs alike would love the surge of environmental awareness. With housing developments popping up like fungi on a log, our local habitats are disappearing. The ray of sunshine in all this is that each of our…
With rising temperatures and less reliable rains, we’re all concerned about keeping our gardens healthy and well-maintained. However, many of the birds and animals that visit our gardens are also feeling the effects of the summer weather. While some bird species…
Squirrels and deer damaging your plants and bulbs? Follow these tips to keep them at bay.
I first wrote this article in 2011, and am updating it to reflect the fact that the deer in my neighborhood have gone from the occasional majestic loner to large family groups, visiting my garden for tasty snacks, without even…
This morning I awoke to the sound of a bird chorus, chirping blissfully, announcing the arrival of spring. Once again, it is that time of year, when nature busies itself with its most important task, the task of reproduction. Every…
For the urban/suburban gardener, dealing with deer and other warm-blooded garden grazers is generally a case of discouraging their feeding in your garden. You can probably visualize herds of discouraged deer, walking dejectedly down the street, looking for some hosta to terrorize, their little white tails limp. Bad posture and everything. Sooner or later they will feed, it’s just that you are trying to get them to feed elsewhere, maybe on the next street.
The very word makes many a backyard bird-enthusiast shudder. Squirrels- synonymous with bird-food thieves – crafty, ingenious little raiders who have successfully thwarted the most inventive “squirrel-proof” bird feeders ever devised by man. Squirrels – fuzzy, one-pound pirates capable of…