Nancy Bauer, "The California Wildlife Habitat Garden: How to Attract Bees, Butterflies, Birds, and Other Animals"
ISBN: 0520267818 | 2012 | EPUB | 248 pages | 49 MB
This
attractive, practical guide explains how to transform backyard gardens
into living ecosystems that are not only enjoyable retreats for humans,
but also thriving sanctuaries for wildlife. Beautifully illustrated with
full-color photographs, this book provides easy-to-follow
recommendations for providing food, cover, and water for birds, bees,
butterflies, and other small animals. Emphasizing individual creativity
over conventional design, Bauer asks us to consider the intricate
relationships between plants and wildlife and our changing role as
steward, rather than manipulator, of these relationships.
In an
engaging narrative that endorses simple and inexpensive methods of
wildlife habitat gardening, Nancy Bauer discusses practices such as
recycling plant waste on site, using permeable pathways, growing
regionally appropriate plants, and avoiding chemical fertilizers and
insecticides. She suggests ways of attracting pollinators through
planting choices and offers ideas for building water sources and
shelters for wildlife. A plant resource guide, tips for propagating
plants, seasonal plants for hummingbirds, and host plants for
butterflies round out The California Wildlife Habitat Garden, making it
an indispensable primer for those about to embark on creating their own
biologically diverse, environmentally friendly garden.
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