A few years ago I began to find a new and intentional focus with my gardening style.
I had always been a perennial gardener, preferring to watch plants come back again each year. It can also be much more economical to buy a plant once and let it do its own thing. Some even spread and fill places on their own giving you ‘free’ plants. So this is part of my style but I wanted to take it even further, especially after having read Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, April 1, 2009 by Douglas W. Tallamy (Author), Rick Darke (Foreword).
What I discovered is that the typical American yard represents less than ten percent of natives plants and that these natives are what host and provide for insects throughout all stages of their lives. These insects in turn provide for other wildlife and this is the building block of healthy and diverse ecosystems.
Basically I wanted to see more butterflies.
What I want is to do right by the many and lesser known pollinators that work as the backbone of a larger, interrelated system that in turn gives us our fruits and veg.
Follow me as I evolve my yard into a place for insects and pollinators while also filling each season with color and interest. My goal also includes learning some general landscaping principals so that what I plant serves several purposes, one which includes appealing to my neighbors.
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