Supporting Birds In Your Yard and Garden, plus Bareroot Trees and Common Hackberry

01/07/22 • 76 min

Supporting birds on your property goes well beyond putting up bird feeders, although they can be helpful and enjoyable. In this episode on supporting birds in your yard and garden, Matt Tarr, Emma Erler and Nate Bernitz talk about why birds need our help, how to assess your property and the needs of birds, and how to meet the needs of wild birds through landscaping choices and other strategies.

· Featured Question: Which landscape plants are best for hummingbirds?

· Featured Plant: Common hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)

· Closing Tip: Purchasing Bare Root Trees

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Resources

· All About Nest Boxes

· Winter Bird Feeding

· UNH Extension’s Wildlife Program Website

· Cornell Lab of Ornithology

· How to make your yard more bird friendly (Audubon)

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Transcript by Otter.ai

· Featured Question: Which landscape plants are best for hummingbirds?

· Featured Plant: Common hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)

· Closing Tip: Purchasing Bare Root Trees

Promotions

· Listener Survey

· NH Farm, Forest and Garden Expo

· Webinar: Hydroponics at Home

· Webinar: Extending the Gardening Season

Resources

· All About Nest Boxes

· Winter Bird Feeding

· UNH Extension’s Wildlife Program Website

· Cornell Lab of Ornithology

· How to make your yard more bird friendly (Audubon)

Subscribe to the monthly Granite State Gardening newsletter.

Email us questions, suggestions and feedback at [email protected]

Transcript by Otter.ai

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All things trees! (part 2) Pruning and Solving Tree Problems, Plus Frost Cracks, White Oak and Wood Chips

When you see something out of the ordinary with a tree, how do you know if it’s really a problem or just something to shrug off? In part 2 of this 2-part episode on trees, Greg Jordan, Emma Erler and Nate Bernitz talk about pruning a bit to start and then focus most of the episode on a wide array of scenarios and what to do about them (if anything!). If you haven’t listened to part 1 yet, go back and listen to that first.

Featured Question: How to prevent frost cracking?
Featured Plant: White oak (Quercus alba)
Closing Tip: Using Wood Chips

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