Category: Wildlife & Pollinators
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Beneficial Insects in the Garden
A healthy garden begins with a diversity of native plants, good soil full of organic matter, and not using pesticides or synthetic fertilizers. If you have a vegetable garden, you probably have experienced some type of pest eating your food. Planting native plants and annuals near your vegetable garden can attract many beneficial insects that…
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Monarch Waystations: Certify Your Garden
What is it about butterflies that we love? Their colors and patterns are striking, they fly elegantly in the air and drink nectar from colorful flowers. Not only do they bring a lot of joy, pollinators are an important part of our ecosystem. They pollinate flowers and food, and they are a building block of the food…
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Butterflies During Wintertime
We almost forget about our colorful friends of summer as we’re lured inside by our furnaces and fireplaces. Where do butterflies go during wintertime? They are still in our gardens! Most of our butterflies hibernate in our gardens throughout winter. They are just hiding out very well. There are some species that do migrate to warmer…
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American Goldfinches
Watch a video of the pair eating sunflower seeds (watch out for the Spicebush Swallowtail fluttering by!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7rM6K-9Uww In Kentucky we are able to see the North American Goldfinch year round. It has been fun to watch this pair hanging around my yard for the past few weeks. They’re attracted to the bird feeder which…
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Creating a Native Bee Home
Last weekend we set up a table at Arbor Day at our state Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Although it was very chilly and rainy out, there was a good turn out and got to talk to a lot of people and other vendors. Our display booth focused on native bees and showcased a native bee home, which…