A big challenge for folks doing the right thing by nature in their outside space is there’s a defensive insistence that the landscape be visually acceptable to the folks who have toxic, unnatural landscapes. Cues to care is a phrase often used in native gardening circles to caution against making natural landscapes too natural. In a webinar Benjamin Vogt suggested this native landscape doesn't look intentional enough to please folks with lawns because it doesn't have flowers

My excitement for the sweet little bluebird couple nesting in a box in my front yard is tempered by the ritualistic spring habitat...

I’ve tried to maximize the edge areas of my small, semi-urban, rewilded yard by tucking away a few brush piles behind shrubs and trees to...

In the context of creating a healthy yard ecosystem fireflies are just another insect we need to provide habitat for. Yet 2,000 firefly...