Attracting Wildlife to Your Garden
~ May 2, 2012
Attracting wildlife to your yard is one of the great benefits of gardening – you just want to ensure that you are attracting the right kinds!
While we all garden for our own personal reasons, everyone loves hummingbirds, songbirds, and butterflies.
My new butterfly house provides the perfect environment for butterflies to nest, pupate, and morph, out of the reach of predators.
Attracting mason bees to your garden is ideal because they are very effective pollinators. They nest in 3/8” (1cm) tubes like those found in the new Mark’s Choice mason bee house. All you do is mount if out of the wind and clean it out with a drill once a year.
When planning your garden be sure to incorporate as many plants that attract desirable wildlife to your yard as possible. Many native plants like Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower) and Rudebeckia (Black eyed Susan) attract butterflies and songbirds. A hummingbird magnet is Monarda (Bee Balm).
Keep in mind that all of our flying friends enjoy still water for drinking and bathing, a protected place to perch, and many enjoy the addition of feeding station in your yard.
