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• Plant natives

  • 95% of baby song birds can only digest soft larvae & 90% of all insects have evolved to eat 1-2 plants​

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• Trim the dead stalks only in the spring                 

  • Bee habitat​

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• No plastic ground cover

  • Inhibits native bee homes​

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• Leave the leaves

  • Allows for caterpillar hibernation and nighttime escape​

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• Avoid mulch >3 inches

  • Can smother caterpillars

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• No mow and blow

  • Removes caterpillar habitat

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• Provide habitat under native trees

  • Soft landing for caterpillars, ½ the width of the branches leave alone or plant natives.​

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• Plant native milkweed,

  • To prevent the death of the emerging Monarch butterflies