Mini Calendar
Tips for pollinating gardens
By Samiye Kinay
- Collect rainwater in bird baths to hydrate pollinators. Include rocks to give pollinators safe landing spots.
- Collect rain water.
- Plant white clover which provides both green ground cover to protect soil and pollinator food.
- Add pollinator hotels to your garden. They are good for bees.
- Hang birdhouses
- Embrace native plants trees.
- Consider plants bloom all season.
- Add a few more vegetables in your garden. Insects will love it.
- Leave small rocks on patches of dirt for pollinators that nest on the ground.Skip cleaning up any dead stems and twigs at the end of growing season for pollinators to use as habitat.
- Be kind to soil. Not all plants survive in the same kind of soil.
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