Marion, Author at Transition Town Media

Are Deer Eating Your Native Plants?

Posted on July 5, 2021

by Marion

The bane of every gardener is a herd of deer bent on eating your prize native plants. It’s so discouraging to have all that labor and money you invested eaten overnight! How can you outsmart Bambi and protect your garden? Read on, friends. Yes, I know, deer are beautiful creatures and fawns are adorable, but they are also very destructive. Deer can devastate not…

Choosing Native Plants: Three Mistakes To Avoid

Posted on June 7, 2021

by Marion

Just when you thought you were doing the right thing, along comes more information regarding mistakes to avoid in choosing native plants. Hopefully, you haven’t loaded up your garden with the following three mistakes.

Garlic Mustard: One Plant You Don’t Want in Your Garden

Posted on May 10, 2021

by Marion

Garlic mustard is a stealthy and treacherous invasive plant bent on invading your garden to create a hostile environment for native plants. Those pretty flowers and charming heart-shaped leaves look innocent, but they are not! How it is harmful Garlic mustard is a threat to the biodiversity of ecosystems because the taproot exudes a chemical that’s deadly to the native…

Saving Our Feathered Friends

Posted on April 8, 2021

by Marion

How would you feel about never seeing these beautiful creatures again except in a museum? Unless we take action, this is a real possibility. This Spring I’m seeing and hearing only a few birds in my garden instead of the usual sightings of many different bird species and choruses of melodies. We are losing more of our birds every year….

Homegrown National Park

Posted on January 18, 2021

by Marion

I’m on the map. Are you? And so are two of my neighbors, because I talked them into planting natives. What map, you ask? Doug Tallamy’s Homegrown National Park map! The map is an interactive visual that shows each person’s contribution to planting natives by State, County and Zip Code. Wait—you all know Doug Tallamy is a University of Delaware entomology and wildlife ecology professor, right? He’s been a…

Are Deer Eating Your Native Plants?

Choosing Native Plants: Three Mistakes To Avoid

Garlic Mustard: One Plant You Don’t Want in Your Garden

Saving Our Feathered Friends

Homegrown National Park

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