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Gardening

guillaumeb

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Reply to JHan (Original post)

Sat Mar 18, 2017, 09:45 PM

Mar 2017

My garden is predominantly prairie plants native to Illinois. They need no watering, they spread well, and my garden is filled with bees and butterflies and hummingbirds in the summer.

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Dont Plant Those Bee-Friendly Wildflowers Cheerios Is Giving Away [View all] JHan Mar 2017 OP

And don't plant any plant that's been treated with neonicotinoids. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #1

yep, that too. JHan Mar 2017 #2

Recommended. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #3

yep, best thing to do is just go with what the land and soil where we live love. JHan Mar 2017 #8

Thanks for this! furtheradu Mar 2017 #4

np, I learned some stuff I didn't know before JHan Mar 2017 #7

We have these annoying little leaf-biter bees. Kittycow Mar 2017 #5

ooohh Leaf cutter bees? JHan Mar 2017 #6

Yep! The rats! I couldn't remember their name. Kittycow Mar 2017 #9

"Big bee bites out of all my pretty leaves .... " Botany Apr 2017 #10

The bee-bites still annoy me, to be honest. Kittycow Apr 2017 #11

If you understand ecology you want insects to take a bite out of leaves ...... Botany Apr 2017 #12

Thanks for the information! Kittycow Apr 2017 #13