PLANTING FOR POLLINATORS

• Replace some of your lawn with plants for pollinators. You will give birds, bees, butterflies, insects & other creatures a home.
• A mix of shrubs, perennials, native plants & annuals will do it.
• Do NOT use any pesticides or chemical fertilizers which may kill or harm pollinators. Use compost instead.
• Turn off outdoor lighting when you come in at night. It interferes with insect & bird navigation, reproduction & ability to find food
• In the fall, leave the leaves & plant stems for overwintering insects & for bird nest building in spring.
• Why? We need to do this because of loss of larval hosts; loss of forage, overwintering & nesting habitat; the continued use of pesticides.

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