Welcome, Matt!

We welcome Matt McGreary to the B-Team! Matt is a student at Colgate University who will be helping us out in getting the B-Team up and running this spring.

I've been out and about the last few mornings, chasing birds, and noticing that other than autumn olive and Asian honeysuckles, there really isn't an awful lot blooming right now. It's a regular food desert out there for our native bees. This should be of concern to everyone!

Add to this that the deer have wreaked havoc on the forest understory, there isn't a lot in bloom there, either. The spring ephemerals are mostly finished (buttercups and celendine are about it where I have been lately), as are the trees. There are no (or very very few) native flowering shrubs - the deer have eaten them all.

So, my friends - plant native plants!!! Please! In many an urban landscape, homeowners have found that plant it and they will come" is a truism. It really does work.

For those who are really interested, check out Homegrown National Park (https://www.homegrownnationalpark.org/). It is a great initiative to get people across the nation (dare I say world?) to add native plants to their gardens, no matter how small! Get yourself on the map. Help birds, bees and other pollinators.

Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por batgirl batgirl

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