If you’re looking at your yard or garden and wondering what you can do to create a bee-friendly yard that will give our bumbly little friends food, shelter and a place to nest, here are some tips that can help: Plant a Bee-Friendly Garden ...
It is everyones duty to do someting good to the environment around us.As middle school students, we can also do a lot of helpful things.For example, we can protect it by not throwing rubbish away.We can save water to make full use of it. We can use materials which do no harm to t...
You don’t need a large property to create a meadow planting. A curbside strip, slope, or other sunny spot is all that’s necessary. Here are some tips to get you started.WHAT IS A MEADOW GARDEN?There are no hard and fast rules for what defines a meadow garden. These areas consist ...
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Have you ever considered turning your backyard into a bee haven? There are so many fantastic benefits of making your outdoor living space more bee-friendly. Check out these ideas to start your own backyard beekeeping! Backyard Beekeeping | How to Turn Your Backyard into a Bee Haven ...
In general, I also plan to add a bat house to one of our larger trees, which will hopefully attract more bats to the yard. They do SUCH a good job of eating mosquitoes, which we have a lot of each summer. I also want to make a bee house and create more butterfly habitat, as ...
Create repetition. Put in more than one rain garden for repetition and continuity. If it works with your overall design, create a little rain garden for each downspout. Or add other water features around your yard such as a fountain, birdbath, or waterfall to repeat the water theme, which...
Citronella candles:These candles contain citronella oil which is a scent mosquitoes find unpleasant. Place the candles around your outdoor seating area to create a protective barrier. Bug zappers:UV light attracts insects, and when the insects come in contact with the zapper, they are electrocuted...
Pile stones and extra soil on the downhill side of the garden to act as a berm and create a bowl where water can pool to a depth of about 6 inches. If water does not naturally flow to your rain garden, dig a shallow (3- to 4-inch-deep) trench from your downspout to the garden...
Start by getting rid of much as lawn as you possibly can. You can replace lawn you’re not using with more eco-friendly choices, whether it’s with no-mowgrass alternatives, or a planting of low-maintenance native perennials. You can also create aflowering bee lawn, a lawn you mow infr...