We are more and more concerned about the fate of small, useful creatures, whose future in our environment is very uncertain.Therefore, it is worth helping them, which is not difficult and expensive.Simple arrangement procedures are enough to arrange birds and insects a pleasant place to settle down for longer or even permanently. Certainly, we will also benefit from this close neighborhood.
On the terrace, lantana blooms in a container for many weeks and attracts nectar-collecting insects with great power.Fragrant purple heliotrope inflorescences also have numerous visitors.If we like geraniums, bees will enjoy it by planting single-flower varieties in balcony boxes in the spring. In a colorful flowerbed, insects often visit the wide-open flowers of daisies, onets, dahlias and geraniums, and the sedum lures them until late autumn.
The pleasant scent of flame and dragonfly tempts many different species of little aviators.Bees and bumblebees happily find sweet nectar inside the flowers of snapdragon, digitalis, sage and catnip. Moths eagerly use the canteen that is opened in the evening by a strongly fragrant evening primrose. Pollinated flowers produce seeds. Let's not cut the seed heads, but leave them for the birds.
In the crowns of fruit trees, finches and starlings sing their spring trolls, and the next generation of sparrows and tits grows up in the nest boxes. Pots filled with straw hang from the branches. They are home to the earwigs that eat the aphids that feed on the leaves.In the part of the garden with sandy soil not very fertile, we can establish a flower meadow. It will be an ideal living environment not only for insects collecting pollen and nectar, but also for many beetles, grasshoppers and crickets. The wall of the house, always covered with green ivy, provides a safe living space for many animals.
A garden pond planted with marsh and aquatic plants is a unique place for animals.Different generations of dragonflies live here, birds bathe and quench their thirst in the shallow coastal zone, insects also drink water.
A luxuriantly flowering hedge is a well-stocked eatery for insects, and birds find excellent hiding places, nesting places and food in the fall. Elderberry, dogwood, euonymus, strawberries and laurel not only bloom nicely, but also bear fruit that are the delicacy of many animals.
Natural flower meadow
A colorful meadow can be conjured up even on a small surface; it is enough to spread a mixture of seeds of various flowering plants on it.Our native wild flowers, as well as numerous garden varieties, attract with their colors many insects collecting nectar and pollen.
Flower meadow plants thrive best in barren soil, almost completely devoid of nutrients.We sow them in April on a fine-grained substrate free of weeds, devoid of larger lumps.The seeds are lightly tapped and carefully watered.
In the following weeks, the sown surface should not dry out.Mow a meadow for the first time at the end of September, then next year, in spring and then in September.You can now buy seed mixtures designed specifically for bees, butterflies, bats and birds.
