Wildlife Gardening Journal

Minimizing Allergy-Causing Pollen in Your Garden

This may be overshare, but my nose has been running for a month. The easement north of my property is overrun with ragweed, and it's making life unpleasant. I'm certainly not alone; ragweed season corresponds with allergy season. But I don't know how often I've heard people cursing goldenrod, believing this beautiful plant is to ...

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Who are our Common Pollinators and What do They do?

In my last blog, I mentioned the importance of pollinators, and I provided several pollinator-related resources, including four native plants that are beneficial to them.  In this blog, I thought I'd introduce you to our most common groups of pollinators, plus explain what pollination actually is and how it works. Pollination Pollination is the transfer ...

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Planting for Pollinators this Spring

My garden is teasing spring, so it’s time to start thinking about how to help our pollinators. For many plants, pollinators play a key role in reproduction, and agriculture relies on them heavily. Without pollinators, we’d lose much of our food, and entire ecosystems would collapse. Today’s blog will provide four pollinator-friendly plants that can ...

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