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By PRISCILLA LISTER
You may think bugs bring nothing but disaster to your garden.
And you may wish those birds would stop munching on your berries all summer long.
As for bats, oh no! Their fearsome presence can only mean havoc for your hairdo
But think again. Many of these creatures have a valuable place in our ecosystem and can even be beneficial to the garden.
“Imagine a garden brimming with a wide diversity of plants and flowers flourishing in rich, fertile soil - a colorful, blossoming and fruitful plot of land where various forms of wildlife come to visit. Picture a place where you, the naturalist/gardener, can find pleasure not only in the landscape but also in observing and providing for the wildlife that lives there. Think about the garden as a small community of plants and animals coexisting with one another and with human beings ... reflecting the ecology in miniature,” writes Ruth Shaw Ernst in “The Naturalist’s Garden: How to Garden With Plants That Attract Birds, Butterflies and Other Wildlife” (The Globe Pequot Press).
While you may have been laboring for years over your lettuce and strawberry crops, did you also find pleasure in the occasional glimpse of a hummingbird or a butterfly or a charming chipmunk?
All these creatures bring their own forms of beauty to a garden, and many are
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