Week 7: 5 Activities to Design a Wildlife — Friendly Garden Before Spring

How to manage & maintain your garden

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Well, if you’re still with us at Week 7, give yourself a big pat on the back.

By now, your yard should be looking less like a plain patch of grass and more like a thriving, bustling homestead for birds, bees, and butterflies.🦋🐦🐝

Last week in Week 6, we kept wrangling our 5 Key Activities like seasoned garden cowpokes:

1️⃣ Choosing Native Plants 🌾

2️⃣ Rethinking the Lawn 🚜

3️⃣ Building Wildlife-Friendly Features 🏕️

4️⃣ Planning for Sustainability 💧

5️⃣ Composting ♻️

If you fell off the wagon last week, no worries! Just hop back in the saddle and revisit Week 6 — this isn’t a race, it’s a good ol’ slow-growing transformation.

Now, let’s ride on into Week 7, where we’ll keep tending this wild and wonderful landscape of yours. That nosy squirrel is still watching, and he’s starting to look impressed. 🐿️👏

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