This summer, we’ve been blessed to feed hummingbirds in our yard, both through flowers like bee balm, and also through our little red hummingbird feeder that we fill with a sugar solution. Earth creatures feed each other. Everyone needs to eat. This happens through the incredible natural chain of life, some animals eating plants, other […]| Finding Our Way Home
The intent of our permaculture gardening is to create a mutually beneficial relationship with the earth and all her creatures. But lately, it feels like a little backyard battle. The squirrels have…| Finding Our Way Home
We have shared many different homemade bird feeder ideas over the years. A bird feeder is a simple way to invite wildlife into your backyard. Whether you want to feed the birds in the cold of winter or in the heat of the summer, our homemade birdseed wreath is a simple option to make. Check […] The post How to Make A Birdseed Wreath appeared first on Kitchen Counter Chronicles.| Kitchen Counter Chronicles
Like clockwork, my subscription to Birds & Blooms gets renewed. When it arrives, it’s read cover to cover, before the laundry gets done or dinner cooked. This passion for birds started when I hit middle age and continues with my growing fondness for all things plants and animals. If you get a case of “bird […]| Raise Your Garden
Having enjoyed watching the various visitors to the garden via the wildlife camera, I decided to treat myself to a bird feeder camera, so I would have a record of what birds visit the garden. The camera has now been in place for 12 months.| Notes of Life
The Wild Turkey is a truly classic American bird. In fact, Benjamín Franklin once joked that they may represent the […]| World Birds
So I haven’t really been keeping up with this blog and frankly I am not sure of its fate. Since I haven’t been updating it regularly like I once did, this blog has turned into more of a static website, and I think that is fine. I think the value of this blog lies in is utility as reference and as a resource to cover topics in depth, but after eight (!) or so years, I find many of the issues with native plants and wildlife gardening keep coming up, so rather than reposting an old article...| Montana Wildlife Gardener
In general, our garden is our bird feeder- we planted native plants and created habitat to suit birds' primary food- insects. And it has worked well, though it is not your traditional "birder's garden". I feel like I have written this post before (and probably better), but it is a good reminder this time of the year. For several years I have had mixed feelings for bird feeders, and I have stopped using bird feeders through summer, spring and fall. I have stopped using seed feeders alt...| Montana Wildlife Gardener