GARDEN HEIGHTS NURSERY

There is nothing quite as magical as seeing a hummingbird flitting around your garden. The Ruby Throated Hummingbird is the only hummingbird that migrates through our area. They are the only hummingbird that breeds east of Mississippi River and they winter mainly in tropics. (Smart little critters!) Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backward as well as hover in one spot like insects. They are constantly in motion, perching on twigs or wires only briefly to rest and

Songbirds are a great addition to the garden. Besides the fact they are interesting to watch and great to listen to, they play an important roll in organic gardening. Many of the songbirds eat insect pests. For example: Chickadees and Titmice eat scale, moths, caterpillars, flies, beetles, and plant lice; Nuthatches eat ants, scale, moth eggs and caterpillars; and Wrens eat ants, millipedes, grasshoppers, flies, snails, and beetles. An added benefit to attracting songbirds, i

Beneficial insects are the "good" insects that perform valuable tasks in the garden like pollinating, acting as natural predators, or preying on destructive insects. Organic gardeners attract these beneficials to their gardens so they are able to avoid the use of insecticides. Even some of the organic or natural insecticides pose a threat to honey bees and other good insects. It isn't hard to attract these beneficials to your garden. The best way to attract these beneficial i