Wow, you've got a lot on your plate! Good thing you have gardening to ground you. Our home has a large yard that we are cultivating mostly with rare native plants found deep in the nearby mountains. We're doing this for a lot of good reasons, and one of them is that our yard will become a seed depository that will be easier to reach than a miles-long hike up a mountain. As I've gotten older, I've discovered that it's okay to do things in bits and pieces -- pull some weeds here, plant a bush there -- rather than spending all day and into the evening trying to do it all at once. I'm not saying you're doing that. This is just my own observation.
Oh, I’m definitely not doing the garden bit all at once! Our goal has always been to make our yard as natural as possible for the critters. The woods on two sides help with that. We do have a “lawn” we inherited, but we have perennial clover mixed in. For almost 10 years, I’ve been slowly adding native plants and wildflowers on the borders. Each year, we have seen an increase in foxes, rabbits, groundhogs, chipmunks, etc. around the yard. The other night, a bobcat came through! A seed depository is a great idea.
So awesome! And the flowers attract pollinators and butterflies. Then you get caterpillars, which are one of the best food sources for birds and a variety of other animals and insects.
Wow, you've got a lot on your plate! Good thing you have gardening to ground you. Our home has a large yard that we are cultivating mostly with rare native plants found deep in the nearby mountains. We're doing this for a lot of good reasons, and one of them is that our yard will become a seed depository that will be easier to reach than a miles-long hike up a mountain. As I've gotten older, I've discovered that it's okay to do things in bits and pieces -- pull some weeds here, plant a bush there -- rather than spending all day and into the evening trying to do it all at once. I'm not saying you're doing that. This is just my own observation.
Oh, I’m definitely not doing the garden bit all at once! Our goal has always been to make our yard as natural as possible for the critters. The woods on two sides help with that. We do have a “lawn” we inherited, but we have perennial clover mixed in. For almost 10 years, I’ve been slowly adding native plants and wildflowers on the borders. Each year, we have seen an increase in foxes, rabbits, groundhogs, chipmunks, etc. around the yard. The other night, a bobcat came through! A seed depository is a great idea.
So awesome! And the flowers attract pollinators and butterflies. Then you get caterpillars, which are one of the best food sources for birds and a variety of other animals and insects.