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Birds and Wildlife

Birds and wildlife are welcome parts of the garden here at Home Garden Joy. We love attracting wild birds and feeding the birds in the winter. During the summer, our hummingbird feeder is a delight, and we also enjoy sharing plant tips with you so you can attract these visitors to the garden.

Wildlife is fun to learn about, and we enjoy wildlife watching from a safe distance. But some wildlife, such as deer, bears, rabbits, and opossums, are destructive to the garden. Learn about natural, safe methods of controling and discouraging wildlife to keep your garden ssecure.

a female cardinal sitting on top of a suet feeder with other birds

Feeding Birds in Winter – Best Tips to Help Wild Birds

birds on the feeder on a snowy day

Your Guide to Backyard Bird Feeders – Choose the Best One

birds on feeder

Is There Really Such a Thing as a Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder

sunflowers

Plants That Attract Birds to the Garden

Should Birdhouses Be Cleaned Out?

The Bluebirds Found the New House

hummingbird at a feeder

Recipe for Hummingbird Food

Types of Bird Feeders

A turtle in the compost pile

Turtles Moving Into the Compost Pile

bluebird on house

Bluebirds in the Garden

bluebird on house

Spring Chores: Cleaning the Bird Houses

Canned Bees

watering can with plants

Keep Squirrels Away from Bulbs: Squirrel and Deer Proof Your Tulip Bulbs

Garden Guests: Wolf Spiders

watering can with plants

Praying Mantis

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A bench with a zinc pail filled with apples. On the bench, squash, apples, and gardening tools

September Gardening: Tasks & Tips

Fall is the time for mums, for pumpkins, and another round of pansies — for soft golden twilights and leaves crunching underfoot. September is the last month here in zones 6 and 7 when the garden is still lush and full. We’re harvesting the last of the tomatoes here at Seven Oaks, my farm near…

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An assassin bug, blending into the roadway

Assassin Bugs – Scary Looking, But Beneficial Insects

We meet the strangest neighbors while walking the dog. This assassin bug was strolling across the pavement on a hot summer’s evening when we walked our dog. At first, I thought it was a wolf spider, but the leg arrangement, plus the narrower body, made me decide to snap a picture and use Google Lens…

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A close up of American burnweed flowers about to bloom.

American Burnweed, the Weed That Signals Fall Is Here

I was walking my dog along the wood’s edge right near where we cleared land to build our greenhouse when I did a double take. There, like Jack’s magical beanstalk, had grown overnight this gem: American burnweed. Also known as fireweed or American burn weed, it grows rapidly – and I mean, rapidly. Like I…

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Summer squash

What Can You Make with Summer Squash?

It’s that time of year when everyon asks, “What can I make with summer squash?”. The time when neighbors sneak bags of summer squash onto porches. When farmer’s markets are brimming with yellow and green squash, zucchini, and all manner of Cucurbitaceae, the plant family that gives, and gives, until it can’t give anymore. If…

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