Archive for the ‘Habitat’ Category
Native habitats and evolving lawn and landscape cultures
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Lawn Culture
Everyone loves a beautiful, freshly cut green lawn, well, almost everyone. More and more people are moving away from the traditional large grass covered areas, opting instead to use more trees, shrubs, and other plants, and they are “going native” with the varieties.
I suspect that this trend will continue, as water [...]
August 30, 2009
Tags: Add new tag, Landscapes, Lawns, Native habitats, Native landscapes Posted in: Backyard habitat, Backyard habitat information, Biodiversity, Biodiversity and pest control, Environment, Exotic plants, Habitat, Habitat Management, Invasive plants, Landscapes, Lawns, Native habitat, Native landscapes, Native plants, Non native plants, Preserving biodiversity, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat 
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Backyard Habitat Help
Backyard Habitat Help
Backyard habitats can be great for the environment, for the entertainment and education of children and adults, for the control of unwanted insect predators like mosquitoes, and for many other less tangible reasons.
Most of the work can be done by the motivated homeowner, but sometimes a little help is needed. we [...]
September 15, 2008
Tags: Backyard habitat help, Backyard habitat information, Education, Environment, Nature, Wildlife Posted in: Backyard habitat, Backyard habitat help, Backyard habitat information, Education, Environment, Habitat, Habitat Management, Nature, Pests, Uncategorized, Wildlife No Comments
Environmental Services |Exotic Vegetation Management
Environmental Services: Exotic Vegetation Management
It’s a fact of life.
Plants move. They migrate from one area to another using a bewildering variety of locomotion methods. Sometimes they travel by hitch hiking on people or animals, sometimes by wind or water, but travel they do.
If there is an invasive plant in your area, the chances are pretty [...]
September 7, 2008
Tags: Biodiversity Services, Environmental services, Exotic Vegetation Management, Green services, Habitat Management Posted in: Biodiversity, Biodiversity Services, Environmental services, Exotic Vegetation Management, Exotic plant migration, Exotic plants, Green services, Habitat, Habitat Management, Invasive plants, Invasive species, Native habitat, Native plants, Non native plants, Wildlife habitat No Comments
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, or do you [...]
September 3, 2008
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 One Comment