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Attracting Nature to Your Yard

July 6, 2015 By: amyswanderingcomment

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Attracting Nature to Your Yard - These tips will have your yard looking like a nature preserve in no time!

Aren’t those baby ducks precious? Our previous home was down the street from a park with a pond. The momma duck would bring her babies to our front porch each morning to be fed. One of our favorite memories! 

An easy way to study nature is to attract wildlife to your yard. These tips will have your yard looking like a nature preserve in no time!

Birds

  • offer them nesting materials
  • make a birdseed wreath
  • hang a bird feeder
  • build a barn owl box
  • the ultimate dining guide for hummingbirds

Toads & Frogs

  • make a toad habitat and house
  • or a little Hobbit house (!!!)
  • build a frog pond
  • neglect your swimming pool (not recommended, but effective!)

Worms

  • search the sidewalks after a heavy rain
  • use two sticks to call them to the surface
  • make a worm farm out of a 2 ltr bottle

Butterflies

  • make a butterfly feeder
  • plant a butterfly garden
  • order a cup of caterpillars

Insects

  • construct an insect hotel
  • host an ant picnic
  • build a ladybug house
  • make a ladybug feeder
  • imitate a firefly
  • attract fireflies to your yard
  • plants that attract praying mantis
  • add a bee bath
  • add a stepping stone to your flower bed & check underneath periodically

Critters

  • build a bat house
  • attract squirrels
  • learn a squirrel call
  • how to make rabbits come to your yard
  • attract snakes to your yard
  • 5 plants that attract deer

Other Ideas

  • build an eco-system
  • make a large pvc feeder

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