Backyard Habitat Archives - Page 4 of 5 - Give A Shit About Nature

There’s a lot of mythology that floats around the internet about feeding birds during the winter. There’s more nuance her [...]

Most people think of hummingbirds as nectar feeders. They hang a red plastic feeder, fill it with sugar water, and consider the job d [...]

A brush pile is one of the most effective and least expensive things you can do for backyard wildlife. It costs nothing if you use ma [...]

Starting a native plant garden is one of the most genuinely useful things you can do for the wildlife where you live. Native plants s [...]

There is something about fireflies that reaches people at a level most insects don’t. Maybe it’s that they seem designed [...]

Most of us were taught that all plants are more or less equal when it comes to supporting wildlife. A garden is a garden. Flowers att [...]

Here’s something most gardening articles don’t tell you: fall is actually the best time to establish many native perennia [...]

Maples are among the most rewarding trees you can grow from scratch. Whether you’re drawn to the fiery fall color of a sugar ma [...]

You probably remember them. A warm June evening, the yard going dark, and then — one light. Then another. Then dozens, blinking in [...]

Honeybees need water for more than just drinking. They use it to cool the hive, dilute honey for consumption, and prepare food for la [...]