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Our DIRECT Approach to Creating a Backyard Habitat
There are many ways you can approach your backyard habitat project, some of them can be a little confusing. We have developed the following approach. We even created an acronym to make it easy to remember. D-I-R-E-C-T: Decide>Identify>Remove>Encourage>Construct>Transplant Decide what you want to accomplish. Is this to be a bird sanctuary, a small animal habitat, [...]
September 3, 2008
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Tags: Add new tag, Backyard habitat, Backyard habitat help, Backyard habitat information, Bird sanctuary, Invasive plants, Native plants, Non native plants, Water feature · Posted in: Backyard habitat, Backyard habitat help, Backyard habitat information, Cover, DIRECT aproach, Exotic plants, Food, Habitat, Habitat requirements, Invasive plants, Invasive species, Native habitat, Native plants, Non native plants, Water, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat
Basic Native Backyard Habitat Requirements
To establish a wildlife friendly habit for your backyard project, there are 3 main components: Water: All life needs water. Without it survival is impossible. To be able to attract wildlife, there will need to be an ample supply on hand and available for the animals you are trying to attract. This can be attained [...]
August 31, 2008
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Tags: Add new tag, Balance in the food chain, Basic habitat requirements, Cover, Food, Native plant food sources, Native plants, Native settings, Natural food sources, Natural Settings, Water · Posted in: Backyard habitat, Cover, Food, Habitat requirements, Native habitat, Native plants, Real Estate, Water, Wildlife habitat
Backyard Habitat Project Shrubs, Vines And Other Plants
The dominiant species of the understory for this project is American Beutyberry, others include: American beutyberry Callicarpas americanis Muscadine Vitis Rotundifolia Summer Grape Vitis aestivalis Peppervine Ampelopsis arboria Wax Myrtle Myrica cerifera
August 19, 2008
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Tags: Shrubs, Vines · Posted in: Backyard habitat, Biodiversity, Cover, Native habitat, Native plants, Shrubs, Vines, Wildlife habitat