3 Reasons to Create a Wildlife Habitat

by Susan on February 16, 2010

After we built our house and my focus shifted to creating a garden, I decided immediately that my plant choices would focus on attracting as much wildlife…bees, birds, butterflies… to it as possible. I’m even agreeable to having some of the pesky critters…snakes, possums, racoons…drift through from time to time. 

It’s very simple to create a wildlife habitat. There are four key requirements for success: food, water, cover and shelter to raise their young. Learn more about creating and certifying your wildlife habitat at the  National Wildlife Federation.

And, oh yea, the 3 reasons to create a wildlife habitat in your garden:

#1 – You help support your local wildlife, especially in winter.

#2 – It’s good for the environment.

#3- They provide endless hours of entertainment and great photo shots.

Every spring I seem to stuff more native and butterfly-attracting plants into my gardenbeds, and add a few more berry producing trees. Yesterday, as I strolled through the garden I was entertained by 3 redheaded woodpeckers, 2 pileated woodpeckers, a pair of stunning cardinals, sparrows, and a few wayward butterflies that were enjoying the sunny day.

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Article by Susan Myers

Gardening and reading are my hobbies. I've been doing both for many, many years and can't think of two better interests to have than these. Both of these hobbies have led me to create two garden Web sites and numerous blogs to keep track of information and pass it along to other gardeners. When I'm not online, you can find me in my Florida (zone 9b) garden where I garden (pretty much) year round. I believe that if you do what you love, you will in some way add something positive to the world.

Susan has written 29 awesome articles.

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