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Make Your Yard a Safe Hummingbird Habitat!
Like everyone else who eagerly anticipates their arrival, I’m checking out my yard every day looking for my first “hummer” of the season. For the last two years, my first sighting was on March 31 - so it will be any day now! I’ve worked hard to make my rewilded Atlanta yard a safe habitat for wildlife, including hummingbirds. The following considerations may help you prepare to welcome hummingbirds to your yard this year. I can't get enough of watching our tiniest birds ma

ljmarkson
Mar 30, 202410 min read


Why We Need to Support Local Native Plant Retail Nurseries
Recently, I drove over an hour in traffic each way to visit North Georgia Native Plant Nursery to buy two one-gallon native mountain...

ljmarkson
May 15, 20229 min read


20 Easy Shade-Tolerant Native Southern Groundcovers
Finding native groundcovers for shady areas seems to be one of the most common scenarios in Atlanta where we still have more tree canopy...

ljmarkson
Apr 20, 20229 min read
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