Comments on: Looking Past the Garden Gate, the Ocean Needs Our Help

By: Wildlife Habitat Outside the Garden Gate

Wildlife Habitat Outside the Garden Gate — Sat, 28 May 2011 13:30:57 +0000

[...] Wildlife gardeners can make a difference outside of their garden gates in addition to creating welcoming habitat for wildlife at their homes. And the ocean is a good place to start. [...]

By: Carole Brown

Carole Brown — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:46:34 +0000

Thanks, Kathy. Sorry about those Geese, though

I don’t know if I could stand being landlocked. I’m only an hour away from the Jersey Shore or the Delaware Bay, plus we’ve got a lot of rivers, streams and lakes close by. I love being able to visit so many nearby habitats

By: Carole Brown

Carole Brown — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:42:51 +0000

Wilma, kudos to you for teaching your family to be such good stewards of the earth! And kudos to your son for volunteering for cleanup duty! We all have to do our part, and you are a great model for that. Thank you.

By: Wilma Connell

Wilma Connell — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:34:20 +0000

Gorgeous photos, great post! We go for walks on the beach a lot and have made it “a habit” to pick up trash that washes up on our beaches or trash that has been left by the public. We are fortunate not to encounter too much trash on our Treasure Coast in Indian River County, FL. My 11 year old is a member of the Environmental Learning Center in Vero Beach, who has volunteered for clean-ups on preserve islands on the Indian River Lagoon, as well. It comes naturally to us, to simply pick up what doesn’t belong on our shores…

By: Kathy Green

Kathy Green — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:52:39 +0000

Carole,

What a beautiful post! I so miss seeing water – like Alison, Colorado is so land locked. Growing up in Minnesota, land of 10,000 lakes (not puddles like here) we were always close to water. The loons, ducks and other water loving birds were a common sight. Here, about the only water loving birds I see are all of the Canadian Geese leaving their droppings on the playing fields.

As to whether or not this post relates to our gardens, I would say definitely YES. Everything we do is interconnected to our ecosystems, sometimes just not so linearly.

Kathy