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Falling In Love With Your Garden

[Guest post by Alison Kerr as part of the Show Off Your Wildlife Garden Series. Is your garden next? I hope so!] Photo is Tradescantia ohiensis – native spiderwort which is one of the earliest prairie flowers every year and my favorite. When you move to a new place there is much to discover about [...]

What’s Native?

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I was chatting last night with my twitter friend @OurLittleAcre, otherwise known as Kylee Baumle, author of the wonderful blog, Our Little Acre. She had a trillium in bloom in her garden, and she wasn’t sure which species it was. So, using the tools at her disposal, she posted a photo on twitter and asked [...]

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The Two Most Important Actions to Help Wildlife in Your Garden

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Really? You could do just two things that could help wildlife in your garden? Yes. Taking just these two steps would make a huge difference for the wildlife in your area. And teaching your neighbors to take the same action will magnify your efforts and help a lot more. Now I’m not saying there’s some [...]

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Bloggers To Watch Out For

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You’ve seen my weekly best of the web where I show you the many fascinating things I find around the internet. But I wanted to put a lot of that information in one place so that you can see the writers that inspire me. So here’s my list of some of my favorite bloggers. Check [...]

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Wildlife Gardens are Nothing but an Ugly Overgrown Mess, NOT!

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I do not personally believe that wildlife gardens are nothing but an ugly, overgrown mess, but you’d be amazed at how many times I hear that from those who consider themselves “real” gardeners. Unfortunately, the gardening world, like the rest of the country, is full of divisiveness, an US vs THEM attitude that can sometimes [...]

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And what the heck is Ecosystem Gardening Anyway?

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You may be wondering just what the heck I mean by “Ecosystem Gardening,” and I can answer that here. As you read through these articles, please be aware that I have grown in my thinking on this subject and I changed the name. In the beginning I was using the term “Conservation Gardening.” But for [...]

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Choosing the Best Plants for Your Ecosystem Garden

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“What should I plant?” is the most frequent question I receive from people who are interested in creating habitat for wildlife in their gardens. For all of you who have the same question and want to discover how to choose the best plants for your Ecosystem Garden, I have some answers for you. You may [...]

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Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants

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The UN has just announced that invasive species and climate change are the biggest threat to ecosystems and biodiversity. The cost of controlling invasive plants in the US is estimated at more than $138 billion every year. But invasive plants continue to be sold by the horticultural trade who have turned a blind eye to [...]

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Top 10 Herbaceous Plants to Attract Wildlife to Your Ecosystem Garden

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“What should I plant” is the most frequently asked question I receive from people who’d like to attract more wildlife to their gardens. We have already discussed the top 10 woody plants to attract wildlife to your Ecosystem Garden. Now we”ll delve into the best herbaceous species. These plants have been chosen based on a [...]

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Ecosystem Gardening Best of the Web #7

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Let’s continue our weekly exploration of the things that grabbed my attention this week. We’ve got Helen’s lawn reduction plan, cities creating habitat for wildlife, green roofs providing habitat for birds, an interview of me, stinkbugs, First, a shameless plug. I had the honor this week of being interviewed by Wendy Gabriel, the Fargo Green [...]