Backyard Gardening for Wildlife
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Backyard Birding Birding starts in your very own backyard.
Birding Elsewhere - Join your local birding group
Hummingbirds - Jewels of the garden
Insects - Some are good, some are bad, do you know which is which?
Herb Garden - Herbs that do well in our area
Gardening for wildlife -- You are here!
Zen Garden - A zen garden with wildlife in mind
Wildlife Rehabilitation - Fixing critters (winged or otherwise) broken by humans
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Get some bats!! Bats are very, very good! They eat lots of insects... fewer than one-half of one percent of them actually have rabies... and they really don't like to fly around in your hair. Read about bats, get a bat house, just do it! Don't waste another moment. Organization for Bat Conservation Or... Bat Conservation International, Inc. |
Take a closer look at a late-season wildflower that is a favorite of butterflies and moths.){kind=small} Mist Flower (Eupatorium coelestinum) Click to enlarge |
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We finally received our official NWF Backyard Wildlife Habitat Certificate!
A good project to get involved in is the National Wildlife Federation's "Backyard Wildlife Habitat". You learn all about the necessary ingredients to create a Backyard Wildlife Habitat while creating your very own. I suggest becoming involved in this project to anyone. If you are interested in finding out more, go to the National Wildlife Federations website by clicking on the link below. We have been working on our backyard for a total of about 2 years now and have finally sent off our application. We are just waiting to hear if we have been "approved".
Here are some of my favorite plant links on the web:
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Buchanan's Native Plants (local) Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Nelson's Water Gardens (local) The best prices on bamboo I have ever seen: Tradewinds Bamboo A great source for trees (purchasing & information), you have to check out this site. You can order FREE trees, use a key for tree identification, or find out types of trees that are specifically for your area and order them at LOW prices: The National Arbor Day Foundation - Go right to their Tree Identification Key for the Eastern and Central United States. |
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A very good Texas Wildflower Reference Book is "Wildflowers of Texas" by Geyata Ajilvsgi. You can purchase it, or just find out more about the book from Amazon.com by clicking on the link below: Go to Amazon-->Wildflowers of Texas |
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