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Every Square Inch – Part 1: Soils
What if we were to treat every square inch of our landscapes with respect? I believe that wildlife gardening starts with respecting soils and minimizing disturbance. This is an overview of some of the...
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What Native Plants Like Clay Soil?
American hornbeam is an attractive understory tree for clay soil.Photo: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center It seems that conversations with gardeners, if they go on long enough, will turn to the topic...
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A Slithering I Went, In Search of Critters Calling Our Sunflower Patch “Habitat”
Cozy Cottage’s Sidewalk Sunflower Patch Nearly two months now and I am curious of just who lives in the forest of sunflower plant stalks and on the thick groundcover/mulch below it. As mentioned in...
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Installing A Wildlife Habitat Underground
I have begun a new wildlife habitat in our garden, called Bark Beetle Bistro. A very large oak tree cracked, split, and partially fell into a drainage ditch about two blocks from our home. I have...
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Over-Wintering Insects in Insulating Leaf Pile
Young garter snake slithers behind the Earthworm Box.The Earthworm Box was installed on a stack of slate with spacers to create shelter for wildlife. Wow, it’s cold this week, in mid December. Lucky...
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Lichens Support Wildlife In Your Garden
Golden Crowned Sparrow in Magnolia Pruning Pile. Note the different types of lichens on the same type of wood. Just as lichens are a substantial food source for caribou during cold winters, critters...
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Snake Sedge Rockpile Resort — a wildlife habitat installation
The BEFORE — The Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation’s soon-to-thrive sedge meadow in front of Heron Hall. Our project, installing the wildlife habitat Snake Sedge Rockpile Resort, will take place in the...
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Pipevine Swallowtail Hummock – A Habitat Installation
This article is about a pond bank wildlife habitat installation at the Laguna Environmental Center, which is the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation’s headquarters. The installation was completed by the...
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