©Janet AllenWaiting for mom We provide everything wildlife needs for a healthy habitat:
(Besides these habitat basics, we also use earth-friendly gardening practices, which is the other part of a healthy habitat.)
©Janet Allen Our now-grown son relaxing in the shade of the Kentucky coffee tree he started as a preschoolerAnd it's an enjoyable, healthy place for people, too!
Learn about many ways to create habitat from Cornell Lab of Ornithology's YardMap - Excellent!
Creating a wildlife habitat is more than just planting a pretty garden. It's actually restoring one small piece of the ecosystem. Before starting out to create a natural habitat, it is important to realize that all plant and animal species have an impact on and are affected by other living organisms and the environment around them. Science refers to this interaction as an ecosystem. Healthy ecosystems are balanced. If you understand this principle and apply it to your garden and landscape plans, you'll create a balanced, self-sustaining mini-ecosystem that supports birds, butterflies, and a wide variety of wildlife species.
David Mizejewski,
Attracting Birds, Butterflies and Other Backyard Wildlife, p. 13
Nature does nothing uselessly.
~ Aristotle
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