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your garden needs this desperately.
“Pollination must he carried out before fruit set will occur ...” writes Baker. “For the common vine crops such as cucumbers, squash, cantaloupe, watermelons and pumpkins, pollinating insects are essential.”
And as for those birds, “It is an excellent idea to do things to attract birds,” says Baker, for many of them eat the bad bugs. “Feeders in the winter help, but cover your ripe fruit.” Here are some of the birds Baker says are beneficial as bug eaters: sparrow, scarlet tanager, gnatcatcher, barn swallow, warbler, bluebird, meadowlark and downy woodpecker.
1’rnst’s book is a perfect primer for gardening with the purpose of attracting more wildlife for mutual enjoyment.
“Start by looking at what you already have in a new way,” she advises. “The oak that is a joy to behold in autumn ... bears acorns that are an excellent winter food for squirrels, blue jays, woodpeckers, game birds and many small mammals. The luminous red and white a/alea blossoms extend a welcome back’ in spring to nectar-seeking bees, butterflies and northward-migrating hummingbirds."
The first thing to consider, she says, is to plant some trees that will grow tall Deciduous trees, which shed leaves in autumn, generally bear the most fruit, nuts and seeds that wildlife like, and offer shelter
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