It's still not too hot to get outside and enjoy the beautiful springtime Tallahassee weather. My deck is now finished, my BBQ is up and cooking every day, and my mind is wandering to gardening ideas more and more while I cook for my wife and kids... Here are three little thoughts that came to mind that might be worth sharing:
- Rain Gardens
- Butterfly/Hummingbird gardening
- Natural Lawncare
First off, Rain Gardens... what are these you are probably asking..!? Well, good question. Rain gardens, simply put, are an area of your yard set up to catch and termporarily hold storm water and runoff. The idea being that the water will be slowly returned to the soil instead of tearing across the landscape and dragging with it precious nutrients and causing erosion.
To build a rain garden, You should incorporate plants, mulch and landscape design with rainwater collection in mind. The great part of building a rain garden right now, is that the city of Tallahassee - through the TAPP program - is providing grant money of up to $175 per project to purchase the plants and mulch for your rain garden. For more info check out the city's website here.
Secondly, Butterfly/Hummingbird gardening... All of us who even mildly enjoy nature, cannot resist oooing and aaahing at the sight of a swallowtail butterfly, or two male Ruby-throated Hummingbirds battling over the prime feeding/mating territory in our yard. Now, thanks to the Native Nurseries here in town, we can impress our nature-loving friends with our plethora of pollinators!
Butterfly Gardening with Donna
Sat. May 17th. 10am. Free
It’s time to get the butterfly garden spruced up for summer! Learn to
create or add to a garden that blooms all summer and fall and that
nurtures a variety of colorful butterflies and hummingbirds.
Butterfly and hummingbird gardens are fun, fun, fun!
Finally, last, but not least, I've spoken about them briefly before, but want to mention them again. If you are interested in natural lawncare in tallahassee, you have got to check out Natural Matters. Products can be purchased locally at the Green Living Center, at 102on N. Monroe St.
Alex Mordas, M.Sc.
EcoBroker® & REALTOR®
LEED for homes, Field Agent
Green Home Certifying Agent, FGBC
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Alex,
No hummingbirds around here. Just lot's of birds making nests on my window. I do see a wood pecker whacking away on my neighbors metal gutter...pretty loud in the morning:) From what I know...we had bought a plant a few years ago that supposedly attracts humming birds but I never did get a chance to see one.