How glorious! And it is such a habitat and safety zone for so many animals, insects, birds.....a host of living things! Please don't cut back, trim, clean up....especially before winter.....the animals, wildlife, birds...all of them need the shelter! Those bushes, piles of branches, all that stuff provides! This is nature! Let it rule!
BRAVO!!!!
When I was sending in pictures to the National Wildlife Federation to qualify for a "Certified National Wildlife Backyard Habitat" with my granddaughter who was in the first grade, she exclaimed....."Granny, take a picture of that! (a thicket probably most would not want in a garden), "they will love it! it's an apartment house for birds!"
Disarray is wonderful for wildlife......please encourage it! Birds, animals, insects.....love the shelter this sort of thing provides for so many levels of animals and insects.....please do not clean up! Especially in the winter! Shelter for so many things....on so many levels! Brush piles.....YES!! unmown grass YES!!. branches in a pile.....YES!!! Mulch of fallen leaves under hedges and in flower beds, YES! No rakes, blowers, clean up! Mulch sells for a fortune....your trees provide it!
ps That granddaughter is now a senior at Stanford; majoring in Environmental Science. I honestly take not one iota of credit....wildife and animals have been in her heart since she was born! She hatched with it in her heart!
Penelope Bianchi -- Thank you for describing the landscape technique you have employed forever creating a wildlife habitat at your beautiful home. I think you should give yourself credit for inspiring your granddaughter's college major and future life's work with the natural environment she soaked up around you. Isn't it nice to hear the birds singing rather than the horrible noise of leaf blowers? xo, Rosemary
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Extremely beautiful.
How glorious! And it is such a habitat and safety zone for so many animals, insects, birds.....a host of living things! Please don't cut back, trim, clean up....especially before winter.....the animals, wildlife, birds...all of them need the shelter! Those bushes, piles of branches, all that stuff provides! This is nature! Let it rule!
BRAVO!!!!
When I was sending in pictures to the National Wildlife Federation to qualify for a "Certified National Wildlife Backyard Habitat" with my granddaughter who was in the first grade, she exclaimed....."Granny, take a picture of that! (a thicket probably most would not want in a garden), "they will love it! it's an apartment house for birds!"
Disarray is wonderful for wildlife......please encourage it! Birds, animals, insects.....love the shelter this sort of thing provides for so many levels of animals and insects.....please do not clean up! Especially in the winter! Shelter for so many things....on so many levels! Brush piles.....YES!! unmown grass YES!!. branches in a pile.....YES!!! Mulch of fallen leaves under hedges and in flower beds, YES! No rakes, blowers, clean up! Mulch sells for a fortune....your trees provide it!
ps That granddaughter is now a senior at Stanford; majoring in Environmental Science. I honestly take not one iota of credit....wildife and animals have been in her heart since she was born! She hatched with it in her heart!
Penelope Bianchi -- Thank you for describing the landscape technique you have employed forever creating a wildlife habitat at your beautiful home. I think you should give yourself credit for inspiring your granddaughter's college major and future life's work with the natural environment she soaked up around you. Isn't it nice to hear the birds singing rather than the horrible noise of leaf blowers?
xo, Rosemary
lisa -- Agreed. So beautiful.
xo, Rosemary
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