One of the key elements for attracting many species of birds is wide variety of plants arranged into sheltered areas of shrubs and trees, open areas of lawns ...
Several hundred landowners already profit from hunting leases. With proper management, many rural landowners could increase their income with these enterprises.
Butterflies don't live on flowers alone. If you're a butterfly gardener you have no doubt heard the advice to plant ``larval food plants'' so your butterflies ...
One of the CRP options available to landowners was planting trees and shrubs for wildlife. Now time has passed and these plantings are beginning to bear fruit. ...
Every wildlife garden has room for a backyard frog pond. Six kinds of frogs have found my little mini ponds that I made especially for them. I like seeing them ...
A stone pile in an old fence row is a fascinating detail in a rural landscape. A sunny, springtime day is a good time to go stealthily along your favorite ...
One summer day a few years ago I improvised a bird bath out of a large plant pot about a foot tall and a foot wide. I put a little branch in it so the birds ...
If you manage your CRP pines for wildlife, you will, in general, have better hunting and more of certain kinds of wildlife than if you manage it exclusively ...
The over one million ponds in the United States are a significant and valuable sportfishing resource. Forty percent of the recreational fishing in Georgia is ...
Management to improve wild turkey habitat will depend on a number of factors, such as which life need is limiting population, other land use commitments, soil ...
Of the many wildlife management practices the private landowner can do, few are as rewarding as those which favor wood ducks. Wood ducks and a multitude of ...
Much has been written about hybrid sunfish, but not all of it is accurate. Although these fish have great potential for growth and are a desirable stocking ...
Because of poor planning, improper construction, or lack of proper management, many Mississippi lakes and ponds are relatively unproductive. A pond that ...
If you have unwanted wild animals around your home or garden, you can be sure there is enough food, water and cover for them. The solution to the problem ...
A manmade pond is a place to fish, a place to hunt, a place to see wildlife, a thing that adds to the view from the house. It's a good place to take the ...
Physical damage caused by beavers in the Southeast is estimated in the millions of dollars annually. Examples of this damage include timber and agricultural ...
When natural foods are scarce, black bears will turn to whatever food resources are most available. As a result, conflicts between bears and agricultural ...
For commercial agricultural producers, elimination of moles over large areas is difficult, if not impossible. For the homeowner, problems with moles usually ...
It is often necessary to give a little extra attention to trees and shrubs in the fall to help them over-winter and start spring in peak condition. ...
Whether you manage a full-time cropping operation or maintain a hobby farm, modest landscape and production-related changeslike those made by Minnesota ...
Most growers of Fraser fir Christmas trees in western North Carolina are familiar with its major pests: spruce spider mites, balsam twig aphids and balsam ...
Some people worry that a backyard pond will be a source of mosquitoes. Pond owners often stock mosquito fish to reduce the likelihood that mosquitoes will use ...
A UGA colleague stopped by my office to see if he could come out and gather some mistletoe. Our house is partly surrounded by trees. Out beyond the borders of ...
Needle cast diseases of conifer needles are caused by fungi. They can cause Christmas tree growers considerable losses when trees are tagged in the summer to ...
Landscape Plants That Attract Birds
