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Essential Elements for Wildscaping

Making your land welcoming to native flora and fauna means embracing a few basic principles, abiding by some dos and don’ts. Over time, we’ll explore each of these ideas more fully, linking from here so you can easily find the information.

Food
Water
Shelter

Do’s

  • Shelter and compost. Leave falling leaves and some branches on the ground, to provide places for hiding and nesting.
  • Provide water. Create or cultivate a source of water on your property, ideally a decent-sized pond that won’t evaporate quickly, and that has a pump to aerate the water and make the environment less attractive to mosquito larvae.
  • Encourage the growth of natural food sources and put out several bird feeders (different types for different types of birds).
  • Call on nature. Employ natural pest and weed management, and organic fertilization methods.
  • Plant or relocate plants native to your area to places they’re likely to thrive without artificial watering. Get rid of invasive species.

Don’ts

  • Don’t use pesticides, fungicides or herbicides on your property, other than the natural options mentioned above.

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