Backyards are such an amazing place for wildlife. Ponds vastly increase the Biodiversity in a garden too of course! Wonderful video Cheryl It's great that you have plants that bring Butterflies such as Monarchs. Thank you. - Stewart.
B6 any chance do you know what that plant is called that brings monarchs ? Had something that looks similar that I pulled up but will keep or move if it does
I think building a small shed for wildlife is also a great idea. The bottom could be used for reptiles or rodents and then another larger shed for medium sized mammals; then a spot similar to a bus stop where deer, foxes, and bears can hide out from a storm, for example.
Thank you also for the closed captions for the hearing impaired. Each yard, each space, a village of habitats can help all over our globe. Lots of great ideas here.
Such a great video. I live in Australia so whilst our species and environment are quite different, all your points are still very relevant. Thanks for producing this excellent educational resource.
Glad you liked it! I do feel bad that most of my sphere of knowledge is North America - someday I'll travel to interesting places and make more globally-relevant videos. But thanks for being here 🙂
@@TheRovingNaturalist i really enjoy your work. I also want to apologise for the comment about your singing on the other video - it is just that you are a little eccentric and i just didn't know what to make of it. If you were interested in Australian stuff, i really like these videos - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-X9yT69dNfKs.html
I really love this video. I am surrounded by woods and animals, it’s amazing and beautiful! 😍 I have a garden and compost piles. My neighbor also has a ton of plants and grass just as I do. He also has a river which is awesome for wildlife! Thanks for the awesome video!! 😄
@@TheRovingNaturalist yay im glad your doing the compost video can you show how to compost for different levels of space I live in an apartment with not to much backyard space
I garden for wildlife and leave sections completely wild. But I’m on the fence regarding composting because I’ve no interest in one of those compost bins, and I leave the leaves right where they land so don’t want to toss those in a compost pile. Any suggestions?
Do you mean a plastic compost bin? Because my family have always made open-air compost piles contained by chicken wire or wood. We put leaves and discarded fruit and vegetable remains and eggshells in them. Making a healthy compost pile requires a mix of "ingredients." But letting leaves and/or grass clippings decompose on the lawn will certainly help keep your grass healthy!
I let my dog out in the backyard all the time! But she's always supervised, and we have a recall signal to help make sure she doesn't chase or otherwise harass wildlife.
I suppose the better place to start might be with thinking about why you don't want snakes. 🙂 They, just like all other native animals in an ecosystem, have important roles to play. And no, there aren't any plants that will deter snakes (at least not that I know of).
@@Arely10R That's a very understandable response! My approach is to encourage a healthy respect for animals rather than fear - fear is unfortunately a really strong motivator to do harm :( But there are a lot of resources available to help you learn to identify and understand your local snakes so you know who to welcome and who to stay a safe distance from! Please let me know if you'd like any tips on finding those resources.
@@TheRovingNaturalist yes, I do get a lot of information from my 3rd grader because she likes to learn about Nature and all, and she gives me facts and cool important info, so hopefully I will soon stop being scared of them.
I love having a wildlife habitat in my yard, except for the raccoons, they're a nuisance. They destroy all my nesting bird houses and leave smelly poop everywhere, ugh
