Tips and ideas involving animals in the backyard, from keeping insects at bay to keeping birds happy.
Wasps under the deck are an absolute nuisance and must be removed to make your outdoor space safe and useable. There are a variety of effective means to get rid of the wasps, some of which use chemicals, but others use natural products.
You will most likely discover wasps nesting under your deck when it is inconvenient and when you want to use your outdoor area. No amount of waving your arms around or swatting at them with your book will get them to leave.
In this article, I will explain whether you should feed or not feed squirrels, what kind of food they like, and how best to feed squirrels in the yard.
Nobody wants to be dealing with wasps on their patio or porch. In this article, I am going to share 12 practical tips to get rid of wasps and to keep them away.
Wasps will always be searching for a safe environment to live in, to build their nests, and to feed. In general, wasps are attracted to flowers, bright colors, sweet scents, sweet liquids and foods, and protein foods.
The reason I spend so much time keeping my backyard in the best shape is that I love spending time outside, on the patio or on the porch, with family and friends.
The presence of flies in that very same outdoor space can really ruin that experience in many different ways. Flies tend to like our food as much as we do, they fly into our faces, they buzz around our ears, just to name a few grievances.
While having birds around in the front or backyard is a wonderful thing (for me at least), you would want them to stay away from the porch, for various reasons.
Perhaps the biggest reason is bird droppings, which can, in the long term, cause significant damage to your porch and surrounding area. Plus, bird droppings also don’t look and smell very good, and can carry diseases.
Did you know that you can use kitchen scraps as bird food?
By offering the right scraps to birds, in addition to traditional bird food, you’re providing a greater variety in nutrition sources, while also reducing landfill waste.
A bird bath in a garden or backyard space not only provides decorative value, it can also support the conservation of wild birds.
Bird baths provide a much needed water source for garden visitors such as birds and other wild animals, and is also a highly effective way to attract birds to a birdhouse in your backyard.
If you love having birds in and around your backyard, then you may need to help them with feeding, especially during the colder winter months.
One simple, easy and cost effective way to help birds with their daily nutrition intake, is by offering them oats or oatmeal, in addition to other kitchen scraps and food items.
A bird feeder not only helps birds with satisfying their nutrition needs, it can also serve as a great decoration item in your backyard.
What you might not realize though is that there are a lot of different bird feeders to choose from, catering for various bird species and offering different types of food.
Once you’ve decided to install a birdhouse, it’s important to think about ways to attract birds to your backyard so they can use that birdhouse.
In addition to the decorative value, a birdhouse can also offer environmental benefits. But choosing the right bird house and making sure that birds are actually attracted to it, is more complicated than you might think.