Susanne
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Beautiful photos! What a wide variety of birds you are attracting!
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That’s an interesting question about the clover. I practically have a clover lawn and it’s not by choice! One thing to be aware of is (at least here in North Central Texas), clover will take over. It’s easy to mow it down in the lawn (I also have a goal of getting rid of more of our lawn…it’s a slow process), but it is really a pain to try to keep the clover out of flower beds. It is prolific. I did a quick search and it looks like only game birds eat clover. However, a lot of insects and worms eat clover, and birds eat those insects. I can tell you I do have a lot of earth worms in my soil (but not enough to eat all the clover!). I would love to find out more about the benefits of clover for birds. Maybe it will help me relax a bit about how much I have in my yard!
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We’ve done a good job of creating a bird-friendly habitat, with a plethora of native oaks and shrubs, biodiversity, and vertical diversity. I would like to add more berries. We have a dedicated space behind our feeders that is “messy” and we leave our leaves on the ground as long as we can stand it. I’m eying a small, dying tree that I’m hoping we can leave in place. We have plenty of water, hiding places, nesting places, etc. I’d like to reduce the amount of lawn space, and every year we chip away at it a bit. What frustrates me most is that when I go to my local plant stores they carry so many non-natives and I often can’t find any native plants at all, or they are not marked. It shouldn’t be so much work to purchase native plants, and nurseries should be doing more to educate those who may have no idea how important native plants and biodiversity are for our birds and our environment at large.
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