Spring Yard Chores: Letting Sleeping Insects Lie
Our spring garden rituals have changed over the years as we keep learning more about how our yard-cleaning practices can harm the insects and birds that live here too. Mostly, that means doing less, but this spring we’re adding a new chore to our spring preparations: taking down the strings of lights that have brightened our long winter nights.
Seasonal Rituals Include Leaving the Leaves
The more I learn about the diverse ways in which nearly all insects are beneficial—sometimes simply as food for birds—the less cleaning up of the garden we do.