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title	:	The Wildlife Garden : Planning Backyard Habitats
author	:	Seidenberg, Charlotte.
publisher	:	University Press of Mississippi
isbn10 | asin	:	0878058354
print isbn13	:	9780878058358
ebook isbn13	:	9780585260648
language	:	English
subject	Gardening to attract wildlife.
publication date	:	1995
lcc	:	QL59.S45 1995eb
ddc	:	639.9/2
subject	:	Gardening to attract wildlife.

Page i The Wildlife Garden

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Page iii The Wildlife Garden Planning Backyard Habitats Charlotte Seidenberg Drawings by Jean Seidenberg

Page iv Frontispiece illustration: Maypop or passionflower vine, red morning glory, northern mockingbird, ruby-throated hummingbird, gulf fritillary butterflies (larva and chrysalis) Book and cover design by John William Costa Copyright 1995 Charlotte Seidenberg Drawings 1995 Jean Seidenberg All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America 98 97 96 95 4 3 2 1 The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Seidenberg, Charlotte. The wildlife garden : planning backyard habitats / Charlotte Seidenberg. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-87805-808-7 (cloth : alk. paperISBN 0-87805 835-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Gardening to attract wildlife. I. Title. QL59.S45 1995 639.9'2dc20 95-22161 CIP British Library Cataloging-in-Publication data available

Page v To my daughter, Dara Rosenzweig, my son, David Alexander Rosenzweig, and my grandson, Zev Rael MacGregor. They will cultivate the wildlife gardens of the future.

Page vii Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xi 1. What Is Wildlife Gardening? 3 2. How to Make a Wildlife Garden 11 3. Native Plants for Native Wildlife 25 4. Backyard Habitats for Birds of the Southeast 63 5. Attracting Wildlife with Wildlife 77 6. Soil and Other Substrates (Mulch, Wood, Snags) 97

Page viii 7. Trees, Shrubs, and Vines for Backyard Habitats 107 8. The Herbaceous Layers 159 9. Water in the Wildlife Garden 203 10. Attracting Wildlife with Feeders and Houses 219 11. The Urban Interface 239 Appendix Shortcuts to a Wildlife Garden 249 Notes 273 Sources and Resources 281 Index 297

Page ix Preface She'll outgrow this when she has children!" my father told my mother when she reported a surge in the numbers of wild things living with me after my marriage at age twenty-one. Was he wrong! My love of plants and animals is even stronger now that the children have grown up and left home. My entire property is a childhood wild-place fantasy, lush with flowers and shrubs and ponds for attracting, feeding, sheltering, and nurturing little creatures: birds, bees, butterflies and bugs; frogs, toads, lizards, turtles and snakes. I'm not alone. I have found many friends who share my interests, and who, as adults, developed their own backyard wilderness. There is even a name for who we are and what we do. We are wildlife gardeners, and we create our different versions of a wildlife garden. My father, now in his seventies and living outside Pittsburgh in a house bordering a wildlife refuge, eventually admitted to the obsession and even acknowledged that I probably got it from him. His letters detail his latest plans for attracting and defending against the creatures that come from the forest-garden at his doorstep into his world: sunflower seed feeders (with baffles to keep the squirrels out) that draw purple finches, sparrows, cardinals, and mourning doves; thistle holders for siskins, goldfinches, and redpolls; suet for downy, hairy, and red-bellied woodpeckers, titmice, and nuthatches; safflower for cardinals.

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