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 ...

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 ...

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 ...