Mastodawn

I keep returning to an idea for a blog series speaking to regular everyday people who do some form of wildlife friendly gardening to create a repository of ideas that others can turn to.

If you do any form of wildlife-friendly gardening (no matter how small) is it something you would be interested in being involved in (photos and text, no video and can be under a pseudonym)?

If you are a person who would like to do wildlife-friendly gardening, is it a resource that would help you?
#gardening

Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️4d ago

I see a need and will participate.

I recently started the Habitat Gardening blog (which may be similar to your idea, but does not appear to be exactly the same) and have been adding to the Habitat Gardening Flipboard mag for years.

Latest Blog Post
https://write.as/habitat-gardening/where-to-purchase-native-plants

Mag
https://flipboard.com/@joewynne12/biodiveristy-gardening-lps72l4ty

Where to Purchase Native Plants

This time: Where to purchase Native Plants; How to support ground-nesting native bees. --- It is possible for you to create a habitat ...

Habitat Gardening

Kimberley 4d ago

@joewynne Thanks for sharing those. I had a quick glance & it looks like some great resources, I'll check it out properly. :)

Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️4d ago

Great!
My resources, though, are North America based. I get frustrated responses from folks in the UK about this.

For this reason, we should consider organizing a global fedi network of gardeners who provide practical advice and identify *regional* resources.

One possibility: There could be a single source (blog maybe) updating fedi gardeners of available regional wildlife gardening accounts, regional resources, new relevant posts, and newly identified resources.

Also, a fedigroup.social can be created to auto-boost wildlife gardening posts from gardeners and media sources.

Sorry, I'm an idea guy and all this may be getting over our skis, but let's consider having a fedi goal of being leaders in this effort globally. Seems to be the sweet spot of non-commercial, environment-promoting, and lifestyle improvement.

#Gardening #HabitatGardening #NativePlants

Nb - downerish about *big* but it’s vital for *regional*

Seconding that a global - even a continental- reach is going to put a lot of inappropriate advice in front of beginners. I have had some unhappy conversations with people who had planted “native wildflowers” - but not native to here… spreading anyway…

Very good gardeners well attuned to their climates don’t always understand what constraints apply elsewhere.

Advertising wants wide. How to go deep _instead_?

@joewynne @Kimberley

LaughingMaus 4d ago

@Kimberley I can totally recommend https://permapeople.org/ as a place to find gardners who might be able to help you. Also, I'd love to read about wildlife-friendly gardening. We have a covered balcony and a pair of blue-tits shopping our birdhouse for the second year in a row.

🌱✌️ Permapeople - Let's plant the future. Research, grow, harvest, trade, share, repeat.

A platform to empower people to grow food to feed themselves, their families, and local communities while regenerating the environment.

🌱✌️ Permapeople

Kimberley 4d ago

@laughingmaus I haven't heard of that site before, thanks for the recommendation :)
And your balcony birdhouse is exactly the kind of things I'd like to cover. I think wildlife gardening seems like it might be a big project to some so I really want it to seem accessible

LaughingMaus 4d ago

@Kimberley It actually is. We started with a hanging bird feeder and had so much fun watching the sparrows helicoptering around and bringing their babies to sit on the railing and beg food from their parents. We have had the birdhouse hanging for a number of years, but two years ago we moved it to the highest and outermost spot in the hopes the birds would feel safer not being too deep "inside" . I'll let you know if they finally sign a lease. 😄

Hi @Kimberley we live on an environmentally friendly farm!!! Arable but also planting and encouraging local planting. A wee wildlife sanctuary 🥰

Kimberley 4d ago

@scozmos That sounds wonderful. I’ve followed you so when I get up & running I’ll get in touch if you’re interested in sharing what you’re doing

Climate Jenny 2.1 4d ago

@Kimberley I'd love to help. My perspective is mainly the mid-Atlantic but I'd hope the concepts would apply in lots of places.

Kimberley 4d ago

@ClimateJenny thank you. I think sharing a general location on posts would be a good idea. I’ll get working on it

cognitively accessible math 4d ago

@Kimberley I hae a back yard that gets lots of sun. It's in residential area with quarter acre lots. Now we have a take-over-the-planet blackberry bush back there....

Zumbador 4d ago

I'd be interested! I've been posting using the #UrbanGarden hashtag. I just have a tiny backyard garden here in Cape Town

Rob Galpin 4d ago

@Kimberley I'd be happy to be involved. I have a small urban garden in north east England, as well as an allotment, both mainly gardened with wildlife in mind. Be glad to talk about wildlife gardening from an urban perspective

Dan KB6NU 🇺🇦4d ago

@Kimberley I'd subscribe to that podcast. I'm trying to redo my backyard to be more wildlife-friendly.

The Tattooed Nonna 🫒4d ago

@Kimberley ooh. I have a wild area in the garden for nature. And i made a tiny bucket pond

Keira (She/Her)4d ago

@Kimberley I love this idea. As an Aussie though, I request that posts or ideas are tagged with the place people are from, very clearly.

Partly because the tips don't apply everywhere (a lot of natives from one place are weeds here), but also so your antipodean contributors don't get heaps of comments about seasonal weirdness, lol.

ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘4d ago

@Kimberley Knowledge of local wildlife and its needs is key. I wouldn't expect a lot of people to be able to give me tips re my family of blue-tongue lizards living under the brick paving. And I wouldn't have a clue about wildlife in the northern hemisphere. The best I could offer is encouragement.

Kimberley 3d ago

@anne_twain the idea is not to provide tips but examples. It’s saying here’s what I’ve done in this area rather than here’s what you should do