EcoBeneficial - Useful Tips on Ecological Gardening & Native Plants

Ecosystem gardening isn’t limited to plants, but includes coexisting with wildlife – much of which may depend on our landscapes. Learn how to successfully share your landscape with wildlife (even the hungry ones!) in this EcoBeneficial interview with Nancy Lawson, author of The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife.…

The Pollinator Victory Garden

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Want to help challenged pollinators in your landscape? Learn how to create a Pollinator Victory Garden to help win the war on pollinator decline. Kim Eierman shares some tips in this first installment of “The Pollinator Victory Garden.”…

Put Down that Rake! What Leaves Can Do for You and Your Landscape

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It’s that time of year when leaves seem to blanket everything in sight in much of the U.S., at least in locales where there is an abundance of deciduous trees and shrubs. For years, homeowners have taken great care to remove every dead leaf from their landscapes as if those leaves were coated with toxic waste. An army of rakes and leaf blowers burst into action in the fall, filling countless leaf bags, left at the end of driveways like yesterday’s trash,…

Is ‘Autumn Brilliance’ Serviceberry a Good Pollinator & Bird Plant?

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Question:
I am thinking about adding the serviceberry Amelanchier x grandiflora ‘Autumn Brilliance’ to my landscape. I realize that it is a cultivar of a naturally occurring hybrid of Amelanchier laevis & Amelanchier arborea. Will this plant be a good source for pollinators & birds?
Answer:
Our native serviceberry species provide a useful early nectar and pollen resource in April for early-emerging pollinators. The fruit that follows in June is loved by many fruit-eating birds and humans alike….

Fall Tip: Boosting the Health of Trees and Shrubs

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Some of our most important native plants are “woodies” (trees and shrubs). Woodies provide critical structure and ecological function to most landscapes – some are early pollen sources for hungry bees, some are nesting sites for songbirds, and some, primarily evergreens, provide cover to many creatures during harsh winters.
Your trees and shrubs are valuable to you and your ecosystem – so how do you keep them healthy through the winter? You start right now, in the fall.
First – skip the standard fertilizer,…

Good Reasons to Stop Blowing Leaves?

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Question:
My neighbors are constantly blowing leaves off their yard. Besides being noisy and annoying, I know it’s not good for the environment. How can I convince them to stop?
Answer:
Leaf blowing has become an obsession in America. At this time of year, in the fall, the relentless hum of leaf blowers is not only disturbing, but highly destructive to our landscapes. Instead of valuing leaves as part of natural ecosystems, many people have learned to treat leaves like toxic waste – something to quickly clear away and cart to some other location. …

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Kim Eierman created EcoBeneficial! to show how simple changes in our landscapes can make huge environmental improvements. Through consulting, speaking, teaching and writing Kim and EcoBeneficial! want to change our world. Contact us for more information.

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