systlin:

geopsych:

plantyhamchuk:

sleepyowlet:

the-last-girl-scout:

food, not lawns

Also: Throw in some early blooming things like snowdrops or crocus - the bees will love them! They’ll be gone mid-May, leaves and all. A lot of people only plant summer flowers and nothing for spring and autumn, so keeping pollinators fed and happy during those seasons is super important!

You can make insect hotels too! Just bundle up some reeds and twigs of varying sizes, paired with some loose straw pads and wood with holes of varying sizes drilled in. Those will help insects keep warm and snug over winter!

For those in the Mid and Eastern US, Prairie Moon is my favorite native seed supplier. Their free catalogs are beautiful, inspirational, and hold a wealth of information. Oh and their prices are very reasonable. 

Here’s a few awesome easy-to-grow native plants to consider:

Aquilegia canadensis aka Eastern Columbine. - relatively-short lived perennial but it reseeds well. This plant gives zero fucks and will grow almost anywhere - sun, shade, whatever.

Sometimes called Celandine poppy or woodland poppy. Stylophorum diphyllum. Also short lived but reseeds well. 

Phlox divaricata aka Woodland Phlox. It comes in varying shades of bluish lavender. Unlike creeping phlox, this one has tall skinny stems.

These all bloom in the spring. 

Worth reblogging! 
Not true about the columbine being easy to grow, though, at least for me. I kept planting it and it kept dying until I just started growing it in containers.

Can confirm, Prairie Moon is a great nursery.