I used to love to travel, but I don’t so much anymore. It has nothing to do with the extra security at the airports. The reason I hate to travel is that I hate to leave my gardens. Depending on the season, my landscape and gardens are often filled with fruit and veggies, flowers or ...
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Written by Betsy S. Franz on September 8, 2011
I love pollinators. These birds, bees and butterflies play an important role in many of the foods that we eat and the flowers that we love. But like many species, pollinators can be impacted by the practices that we carry out in our own yards. Five years ago the U.S. Senate unanimously approved and designated the ...
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Written by Betsy S. Franz on June 21, 2011
If you have followed this blog for very long, you know that Wildlife Moves Me! I love having wildlife visit my backyard and I love encouraging other people to garden for wildlife. Birds, butterflies and hummingbirds are some of my favorites, and the more yards that they have to visit, the better chance there is for ...
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Written by Betsy S. Franz on May 17, 2011
What do flowers, fine chocolates and flavorful coffee have to do with the birds and the bees? Both chocolate and coffee are two of the 1000+ plants that depend on visits from the birds and the bees, and other pollinators, to help spread the love, or in their case, pollen, from flower to flower. In ...
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Written by Betsy S. Franz on May 17, 2011
"I have been astonished at the small epiphanies I see in the eyes of a child in truly close contact with nature, perhaps for the first time. This can happen to grown-ups too, reminding them of something they never knew they had forgotten." Quote from Robert Michael Pyle, one of the world's leading experts on ...
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Written by Betsy S. Franz on April 8, 2011
Wildlife Moves Me! The idea for this post sprouted from many fertile seeds: 1) Mrs. Obama recently replanted the White House Garden for 2011. The White House garden is a part of Mrs. Obama’s "Let’s Move!" campaign to get kids outdoors to help combat childhood obesity. 2) March 14th – 20th is National Wildlife Week - a week designated ...
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Written by Betsy S. Franz on March 18, 2011
Native plants are wonderful additions to eco-friendly landscapes for many reasons. But which natives are right for you and your gardens? I decided to poll the local gardening community for some of their favorite native plant species to help you decide. Today's choices are from Marlene A. Condon. Marlene is a nature writer and the ...
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Written by Betsy S. Franz on February 21, 2011
Various programs around the country encourage wildlife lovers to help monitor local wildlife. Participants in these counts are called ‘citizen scientists’, and their contributions are invaluable in the study of wildlife populations and migration trends. Some even feel that data from ‘citizen scientists’ is helping researchers to investigate far-reaching questions such as the impacts Read More 3 Comments
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Written by Betsy S. Franz on February 18, 2011
A webcam is a video camera that feeds its images in real time to a computer or computer network. They are great for things like checking the weather conditions before a vacation. For nature nerds like me, they also allow a birds-eye view of wildlife.
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Written by Betsy S. Franz on February 9, 2011
Yesterday I posted a message about creating butterfly gardens, complete with lists of butterfly species for the area. But today, I would like to talk about hummingbirds! I love hummingbirds and I believe that the more people who garden for them, the more we will begin to see hummingbirds hanging around the area! So I hope that I can ...
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Written by Betsy S. Franz on February 1, 2011
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