How to attract more Colorado pollinators to your garden (via thknwco)
that you can sign to “grow pollinator-friendly flowers, provide nest sites, avoid pesticides, and spread the word.” PPAN has a Pollinator Safe Property pledge you can sign also.A native bee explores a blanket flower . Tamara Yakaboski, Special to The Denver PostYou can volunteer with organizations that support pollinators in your local neighborhood and community. One example this summer is to reduce the use of use of pesticides in Denver parks by hand weeding.
For folks with yards, you can take action by dedicating an area to pollinators. Turf grass uses more water resources and often synthetic fertilizers and herbicides than pollinator gardens. If you need turf, consider how much you need and carve off an area to build a pollinator garden corner. Ideally, this is an undisturbed corner where pollinators can come and go without kids and dogs tromping around.
Planting for pollinators is a long game as pollinators need nesting and over-wintering areas that are undisturbed. Dead stems, piles of branches, and exposed ground are all good materials for insect nesting. Avoid cutting back or cleaning up leaves at the end of the summer season leaving that corner a bit more wild than the rest of your yard.Due to insect pollinators’ short life cycles, it can be easy to add in a few functional additions like flowering plants.
In the Planting for Pollinators webinar, Laurel Starr, a pollinator advocate in Golden, reviewed local pesticide use in the Denver area nursery industry. For the Denver area, you can read a citizen-sourced list of buying
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