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Excellent move! It's amazing whet even a drop in the bucket can do! We had just a bit of milkweed growing wild off to one side of the yard, but since we've spe
by toss1 4y ago
Excellent move! It's amazing whet even a drop in the bucket can do!
We had just a bit of milkweed growing wild off to one side of the yard, but since we've specifically left it anywhere it can establish itself in the gardens, we've definitely seen more Monarch butterflies, even got to watch some make a chrysalis on our porch, and emerge to fly away!
Also key is to plant or let grow fully native cultivars of flowering plants. The hybridized ones are often completely unattractive and non-nutirtional to the plants, but since we've let some of them go, we've got a lot more bees and types of bees.
Clover is also better than lawn. Not only is it fantastic because it fixes it's own nitrogen and enriches instead of depleting the soil, it also attracts bees, and keeps the bunnies occupied so they don't bother the garden so much.
(This is in the Northeast US, north of Boston. Where are you?)
Enjoy!