Gardening for Wildlife – Preventing Window Strikes by Birds

As gardeners who value biodiversity, we enjoy seeing the bluebirds raising their young and eating mealworms we provide in the winter. We see woodpeckers (hairy, downy, red bellied) on the suet feeder most days. And many other birds frequent the garden looking for insects or nesting materials. When I heard a loud “thunk” last week,…

Bringing Nature Sounds Inside

Experiencing the garden includes all the sounds: birds, water features, frogs, wind, raindrops, and even a passing train. Of course, closed windows mean that experience is lost when inside the house. For a while, we have been wishing for a way to bring nature sounds inside and finally we did something about it! We found…