Welcome to our weekly series to showcase the Ecosystem Gardens of our readers. I hope that you are enjoying these tours as much as I am. I love to see other gardens for wildlife because it gives me so many ideas to use in my own garden. Next week, a visit to YOUR garden where [...]
How to Find Which Birds Migrate Through Your Garden
I received this question in a comment on another post and thought I would answer it here for anyone else who is interested: I don’t know anything about which birds migrate through my area yet. I know that there are some Kansas lakes which birders visit to see migratory waterfowl, but other than that I’m [...]
Creating Rest Stops for Migratory Birds in Your Ecosystem Garden
You know when you’re driving along the highway for hours and suddenly you have to find a rest stop RIGHT AWAY? Well, birds need rest stops, too! Imagine you’ve flown all night, heading south to your wintering grounds. In the pre-dawn light you know it’s time to land and rest and refuel. You’re TIRED. So [...]
A Visit to Cindy Ahern’s Conservation Garden
It is time to start looking at the principles of Ecosystem Gardening in practice, and to start this series off, I made a visit to the wonderful wildlife garden created by Cindy Ahern. Cindy enthusiastically met me at the sidewalk with binoculars in hand. She was surprised that I did not have my binocular, but [...]
The Language of Conservation Gardening: Being Specific
There are many similar or related terms to Conservation Gardening being used which may be causing some confusion. These terms include: organic gardening, habitat gardening for wildlife, ecological gardening, sustainable landscaping/gardening, xeriscaping, natural gardening, and more. For the purpose of clarity, I’ll discuss these terms and their relation to Conservation Gardening so that we will [...]
Bird Conservation: a web tour
Today I thought I’d give you a short virtual tour of the many ways you can help birds from around the internet. Every small action that each of us takes can amount to huge differences for birds and other wildlife. Here’s another example of the dangers of invasive plants as seabird nesting colonies are now [...]
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