Match the Birdhouse to the Bird
What gardener doesn’t like to attract birds to their garden? Both for their beauty, their song, their fascinating movements … andContinue Reading
Category: Birds
A Petunia Just for Hummingbirds
Last summer, at the Montreal Botanical Garden, I saw a petunia that was totally new to me. With an erectContinue Reading
Slugs Ruining Your Garden? Get Ducks!
This is not a joke. Ducks are excellent finders and consumers of slugs and snails, plus many other insects andContinue Reading
What Bees See
A garden filled with beautiful flowers always attracts our attention, but stunning flowers didn’t evolve to attract human eyes. TheContinue Reading
Keeping Ants Off Your Hummingbird Feeder
If there is any way ants can reach a hummingbird feeder, they will. They love slurping up the sugary nectarContinue Reading
Do Animal Repellents Really Work?
Probably every gardener will have to deal with an undesirable animal or bird at some point: a groundhog grazing onContinue Reading
When Sapsuckers Attack
Sapsucker: it sounds rather disgusting, doesn’t it? Yet sapsuckers are actually quite pretty birds… with the nasty habit of damagingContinue Reading
Spring is Sprung, da Grass is Ris…
Yes, in the Northern Hemisphere, spring officially arrives today, March 20th: the vernal equinox… but the photo above shows whatContinue Reading
Stones in a Birdbath Help Attract Birds
Some commercial birdbaths look visually stunning, but when you install them, birds avoid them. Quite often the cause is justContinue Reading