Plant indigenous to create a wildlife ecosystem

Whenever we feed wildlife – birds – they start associating humans with food, get brave around people, and think all humans are nice people.

Then some horrible person finds them in their yard, and choose to shoot, harm or poison the animals.

When we bought our house, my husband did some research. Based on the information he found, we changed our entire garden to be indigenous, including trees, shrubs, grass and plants.

Monkeys eat the fruit and leaves in our big trees, the birds eat the fruit, leaves, flowers and seeds, and we have loads of butterflies. And so the chain grew – lizards, frogs, dragonflies – we have our own ecosystem here.

You do not need to feed the animals. Our food is full of hormones, chemicals and pesticides anyway.

Stop spraying your garden with poison, stop raking your leaves, you do not need a neat garden. Create an ecosystem that is natural to the wildlife you find here.

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