In case you can't find a copy of his books easily (libraries and bookstores are
closed, sigh), here are a couple videos featuring Tallamy's work:
https://www.ecobeneficial.com/videos/interview-dr-doug-tallamy/
Chester Wilson
closed, sigh), here are a couple videos featuring Tallamy's work:
https://www.ecobeneficial.com/videos/interview-dr-doug-tallamy/
Chester Wilson
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Thank you Susan! I'll look for a copy of that book.
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> I was just out front working on our yard, which we converted to native
> plants 17 years ago. I wore rubber gloves just to debulk the matting over
> the plants. Early plants like pussy toes and prairie smoke are already
> there.
> I knock back some areas of the garden each year, so that plants like aster
> and goldenrod will not overwhelm all the others. But these are wild plants
> and grow with root runners every which way.
> I just read an excellent book, Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to
> Conservation That Starts in Your Yard by Douglas Tallamy, an insect
> scientist. He argues that preserving discrete nature areas is not enough
> to promote the survival of creatures such as butterflies and birds. He
> wants to create the Homegrown National Park in segments of people's yards.
> If many people do it, it promotes ecosystems that support butterflies and
> birds. Keeping some areas of the yard with native plants and trees, and
> allowing some debris below them allows insects that produce caterpillars,
> which are a necessary food for birds to feed hatchlings. We are doing many
> things right in this neighborhood. Being a little messy is one of them.
> Jim Haefemeyer on 24th Avenue.
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Thank you Susan! I'll look for a copy of that book.
On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 2:07 PM Susan Hoch <
<email obscured>> wrote:
> I was just out front working on our yard, which we converted to native
> plants 17 years ago. I wore rubber gloves just to debulk the matting over
> the plants. Early plants like pussy toes and prairie smoke are already
> there.
> I knock back some areas of the garden each year, so that plants like aster
> and goldenrod will not overwhelm all the others. But these are wild plants
> and grow with root runners every which way.
> I just read an excellent book, Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to
> Conservation That Starts in Your Yard by Douglas Tallamy, an insect
> scientist. He argues that preserving discrete nature areas is not enough
> to promote the survival of creatures such as butterflies and birds. He
> wants to create the Homegrown National Park in segments of people's yards.
> If many people do it, it promotes ecosystems that support butterflies and
> birds. Keeping some areas of the yard with native plants and trees, and
> allowing some debris below them allows insects that produce caterpillars,
> which are a necessary food for birds to feed hatchlings. We are doing many
> things right in this neighborhood. Being a little messy is one of them.
> Jim Haefemeyer on 24th Avenue.
>
> Susan Hoch
> Seward, Minneapolis
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