Independent garden life. Helpful garden dwellers

If earlier people fought only with pests that spoiled crops, such as mice and insects, and savages were simply admired and sometimes fed, now times have changed. People do not always treat pets adequately, what can we say about wild hedgehogs, martens, foxes and birds.

Even in the city you can find a wild animal. Then to the territory of the old, already closed orphanage a lynx climbed and lambed there, then foxes come to places where people rest, preparing barbecue, then in an urban environment multi-storey buildings marten catches birds in the trees. Eyewitnesses from different cities and towns post similar photos every day.

What is the reason that wild animals came out of the forest? Of course, this is the lack of food in their natural environment. They hope to find food in the city, bumping into shy people instead. What can we say about private sectors and suburban areas. Wild animals look there first. How to coexist with them and how to protect the site for the winter from animals looking for food? That is what this article will be about.

Still, wild animals can provide useful service for suburban area . ladybugs eat aphids. AND hedgehogs can even get rid of slugs. Hedgehogs even fight mice and snakes. Of course, they will not completely clear the garden, but they will do everything they can.

How do you attract them to your site?

First position - let it be as it is. The main thing is not to interfere with the life of those animals that came to the site, not to deprive them of the opportunity to survive.

Second position - you can make a shelter for animals. For example, do not mow small area grasses or leave some hay, and do not touch shrubs.

Third position - you can create something like a nature reserve in the garden. Set up birdhouses, hedgehog houses, a frog and toad pond.

Of course, frequent guests of gardens and vegetable gardens are birds, which are attracted by insects, as well as the entire berry composition of the site. So that the birds are comfortable and they do not eat half of the crop, you need to equip them with special houses and feeders, which should be sheltered from the rains.

They should have drinking bowls if there is no free water in the garden (in a barrel or basin), and there should always be bird food, which you can buy at a pet store or prepare yourself. Birds can be given cereals, unsweetened and unsalted cookies, nuts, worms, bread crumbs. Houses should be located at such a height that cats cannot even accidentally reach them. Even if there are no cats of their own, then other people's curious and cunning cats and cats can always come to the site.

What to do with those from whom there is no benefit at all, but only harm?

For mice and moles, you can create conditions that are not possible for living. If they adapt, then they will have to fight with the help of toxic substances and mousetraps. But how do you get the fox or lynx out? After all, they also have nothing to eat in the forest, and therefore they are drawn to people.

First of all, these are wild animals, and no one knows what is on their minds. There is an opinion that only rabid animals go out to people, but this is not so. More precisely, this is not always the case. Still, hunger in the forest is to a greater extent to blame. If the animal behaves inappropriately, pounces on people, then the capture of wild animals and veterinarians should be called. Healthy foxes help fight field mice, and they do not touch people, on the contrary, they are afraid of them and do not fit.

Often from the forest to fruit trees hares visit the garden. To prevent them from chewing on tree trunks, make a frame. And on the border of the site, it is better to throw out unnecessary trimmed branches that hares can eat.

Whatever wild animals come to the site, you should not immediately take cruel measures to evict them (baiting, shooting). It is better, if such a neighborhood does not suit, try to drive them away in a humane way and create conditions impossible for life.

Basically, very useful animals that do not harm the garden and delight the eye with their easy fuss look at the site.

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I often come to the dacha to see my grandfather and grandmother. The dacha has a garden and a vegetable garden.

Plants Inhabitants of the Garden Report

Trees grow in the garden: apple, pear, cherry, plum, quince. And shrubs: currants, gooseberries, raspberries, black chokeberry, sea buckthorn, rose hips. There are also strawberries in the garden. Now, in May, all the trees and shrubs are in bloom. It looks very nice.

But I like it more when berries ripen in the garden. My favorite berries are strawberries and raspberries. Strawberries ripen in June and raspberries in July.

In the garden, my grandmother planted radishes, onions, garlic, cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbage, potatoes, carrots, dill and parsley. Now green sprouts have sprouted in the beds. And the radishes green onions, dill and parsley this year I have already tried.

In addition to plants, many different animals live in the garden.

Lizards live in our garden. During the day, they love to crawl out on the rocks and bask in the sun. This species is called: A quick or common lizard. They can reach lengths of 25 and even 35 cm. But I have not seen such large, our lizards are 10-15 cm long. different color: bright green to very dark, almost black. They have stripes on the back, and the bottom is light. They are very nimble. Dad and I tried to catch them, but we never caught them. Once the daddy had a tail in his hands - by throwing back the tail, the lizard defends itself from danger. But from this she suffers - she becomes less agile, loses her stock nutrients - therefore, for the sake of fun, you can't pull the lizard by the tail.

Grandfather hung a birdhouse on a large peg over the roof of the barn. But instead of starlings, 2 sparrows settled there. Now in the spring they collect all kinds of feathers and blades of grass and carry them to the birdhouse, build their nest. When we are at the dacha, we treat them with bread crumbs.

In the beds and even in the middle of the barn, I saw large heaps of earth. It turns out these are moles, when they dig their holes, they make these heaps.

When there is still no grass on the beds, only black freshly dug earth - birds always come: wagtails. They have a gray back, white belly, black head and beak, and a long black tail. They catch insects, while running on the ground and shaking their tails - hence their name.

We also have insects in our garden.

Useful: ants, bees, butterflies. And harmful: grasshopper beetles and locusts are such huge grasshoppers up to 10 cm in length - they eat grass and leaves .. Especially a lot colorado beetleswho eat potatoes. We are fighting with them.

The holidays will begin soon and I will often go to the dacha for the harvest.

First of all, the ecosystem of the garden includes specially planted by man trees and bushes... The most common fruit trees are apple, pear-sha, sweet cherry, cherry, plum, apricot; bushes - currants, raspberries, gooseberries. Crimean apples, Melitopol cherries are known far beyond the borders of Ukraine. Various weeds grow near the fruit trees. They should be destroyed so that they do not take the nutrients necessary for the garden from the soil.

Among animal organisms, bees and other insects participating in pollination most often visit the garden (Fig. 75).

The garden has its own pests, for example, aphids, apple moth, mice, hares. Aphids feed on plant sap. Despite its small size, it is very insatiable. A large accumulation of aphids on one tree leads to the fact that the leaves curl and dry out. A small plant (seedling) may even die if the pest is not destroyed in time.

The caterpillar of the apple moth butterfly affects, first of all, the harvest of fruits. In spring, the female butterfly lays eggs on the ovary of the flower. The fruit develops, and inside which a caterpillar grows and develops, which feeds on its pulp. Until she gnaws out the hole, it will never occur to anyone that a beautiful outside apple is “wormy” inside. Over the summer, one caterpillar can spoil several apples.

In winter, hares gnaw the bark of young shoots, causing harm to the garden.

However, not all insects harm garden plants. Toiling bees are not inferior in their diligence and usefulness to cute ladybugs. Their gray with orange spots are small, but fast larvae destroy aphids. One such larva eats several dozen aphids per day. Ants, ground beetles with a metallic tint of wings, large clumsy toads relieve the plants of many pests. Therefore, when you see these animals, do not drive away or destroy them. They are your reliable garden care companions.

There are also many birds in the garden. For some garden trees are home, others come to feed on caterpillars and beetles. Of course, in the summer, when sweet cherries or cherries ripen, some of the birds can feast on their pulp. But in general, the help of birds to the garden is invaluable, because they destroy many insects and their larvae.

In a garden ecosystem, plants and animals are linked by food chains, for example: plum -\u003e aphid -\u003e ladybug; apple bush -\u003e caterpillar -\u003e bird.

In order for the garden to bring generous harvests of berries and fruits for a long time, it should be looked after. Material from the site

There is no need to ask an amateur gardener how he treats animals, the answer is usually straightforward. Anyone who loves to tinker in the garden automatically gets acquainted with a large number inhabitants of the garden. If you add here the many small animals that live in the garden, then there will be more of them than in any zoo. You just need to be able to notice them.

Here you have moved flower pot - and a centipede takes off from under him. The bee accompanies you to the flower bed in order to sink there on a flower smelling of honey. Motley butterflies flutter right there, as the buddleya is in full bloom. Many mammals also live in our gardens. High in the crown of a tree, a squirrel performs its acrobatic tricks. It's not uncommon to see a silhouette in the night sky batgoing hunting.

Where does such an exciting community come from in the garden?

And the fact is that in the gardens, decorated according to a natural pattern, animals settle themselves. And they live here not only in summer. When the first greens bloom in the spring, the finches that have flown in from the south and the tits that have cheered up after a long winter greet the beginning of the new season with sonorous songs. In May, with the arrival of other migratory birds, bird concerts reach their climax. Summer is the season of dragonflies, beetles and butterflies, and now you can see a lot of interesting things in the pond. On a quiet summer night, you suddenly meet a hedgehog in the garden, wandering in search of snails and slugs. In the fall, animals begin to prepare for winter.

You can catch a squirrel, a hazel or garden dormouse, and birds - a jay or nuthatch, collecting winter stocks. In winter, following the tracks in the snow, we can guess that the garden is not completely empty even now, and it will not last long, until spring, when the world of plants and animals will awaken to new life again.

If at dusk you suddenly hear a loud snorting and puffing, then a hedgehog has gone hunting. The thorny animal is nocturnal, looking for snails, beetle larvae, caterpillars, adult insects, and worms. He can catch a mouse or a vole, a frog or a lizard, but berries and other sweet fruits do not bother him. During the night, the hedgehog walks up to several kilometers, but does not move further than 300 m from its shelter. If the hedgehog feels good in the garden, then the female will arrange a nest and at the beginning of summer will produce her offspring here.

Squirrels attract attention by jumping from branch to branch at a dizzying height or deftly twirling a nut or cone in their front legs. Often these rodents visit bird drinkers and feeders. In autumn, squirrels store food for the winter: nuts, acorns, chestnuts, mushrooms, and in winter they systematically search places with their reserves. The squirrel wears fluffy tassels on the ears only in winter outfit gray, and not red, like in summer.

Birds are found in our gardens all year round... At the end of winter, local species like titmice are already eyeing places suitable for nesting.
In May, when they appear migratory birds, the first offspring hatch. The bird concert in the garden in the mornings is magnificent and always takes place in a certain sequence: even from the night it begins with the nightingale and the garden warbler, at dawn, before sunrise, the voices of the blackbird and the robin are the first to be heard, a little later the chaffinch and tits, the starling and the warblers join. And now a lark is already ringing in the sky, and on a cool morning in the forest, occasionally and in summer, the shot of a woodpecker will be heard.

Can you imagine a garden without the hum of bees and the like? True, while toilers-bees are busy collecting nectar from flowers, wasps can occupy the terrace, smelling sweet, so never leave jam or honey open. Hoverflies similar to wasps, like helicopters hovering over flowers, have no sting at all. The striped black and yellow body pattern protects them from enemies.

Dogs and cats feel especially at ease in the garden. Subject to some rules on your part, their stay in nature will not give you any trouble. Four-legged friends can safely frolic on lawns planted with trample-resistant species lawn grasses: When the family has children and dogs, it is better to have a sports or play lawn. A low fence made of a wire mesh painted with green paint will not let dogs and cats into flower beds, through large cells of which plant shoots can germinate.

The commercially available odorous cat and dog repellents only work a short time... Strong mesh over garden pond will prevent animals from swimming in it. Plant densely growing ground cover plants in empty spaces that will prevent cats from leaving unwanted "gifts" on the flower beds. Feeders and drinkers should always be positioned so that cats cannot get close to them unnoticed.

by The Wild Mistress's Notes

Everyone knows the benefits of ladybirds... They are seven-point, with two, five and fourteen points. They hibernate in the forest floor. Appears in April. Gardeners who really appreciate the role of ladybugs track down where they hibernate, collect it with bedding and transfer it to their site.

They take care not only of adults, but also of larvae. If you see bright yellow eggs, pointed at one end, 2-3 mm in length, or purple larvae with yellow dots 10-13 mm in size on the sides, on the dark bark of trees, as well as on the underside of newly opened leaves in May, then you should know - your assistants are growing up. But don't touch the orange pupae. On their backs they already have "birthmarks".

Adult beetles and larvae feed on spider mites, aphids, eggs and small caterpillars. How useful they are, judge for yourself: the larva destroys 600-800 aphids during its development, while the beetles - 40-50 aphids per day.

Some, especially novice gardeners, having seen eggs hanging on thin strings on the underside of the leaves at the beginning of summer, rush to destroy them. Stop! This brood of a lacewing, another beneficial insect... These eggs will soon hatch transparent, slightly grayish larvae.

These nondescript insects will serve you well. They eat aphids, ticks, scale insects, small caterpillars. One larva, until it pupates, destroys about 4 thousand aphids! Pupae in white cocoons can be seen in cracks in the bark. It is not difficult to recognize an adult lacewing: it has four transparent greenish wings with many veins and shiny eyes with a golden tint.

Many gardeners, not knowing their assistants "by sight", destroy a very useful ground beetle. These are, with rare exceptions, beetles with a metallic sheen, dark in color, and very mobile. The larvae are worm-like, with three pairs of long legs on their chest. They live in soil. Both beetles and larvae eat a large number of harmful insects, snails, slugs. During the day, beetles hide under all kinds of shelters: stones, leaves, lumps of soil. They hunt mainly at night.

Spiders are also useful. Some of them catch up to 500 insects a day with their nets. So take your time to disturb the cobwebs on trees, fences and buildings.

The flowering dill is often used by hoverflies (sirphids). Their larvae destroy young caterpillars and aphids. These flies are distinguished by bright colors, black and yellow stripes. They look like small wasps.

They treat ants differently. They eat many pests. There are no mice where they live. But, at the same time, they contribute to the reproduction of aphids, damage fruits and berries. To get rid of them, they seek to find their nests. Most often they settle in rotten places, heaps of garbage, especially if they are sheltered from precipitation.

Tracking ants is not difficult. It is enough to follow their chains. The nests are either doused with urine, or, transferred to safe placeare burned. You can protect trees from ants by sprinkling ash or chalk around them, and in the beds you can mix upper layer with sawdust or peat chips impregnated with creolin. Sometimes funnels with a smooth surface are placed on the trunks, lubricated from the inside with petroleum jelly.

It is also worth taking care of frogs, toads, lizards. They will help you in the fight against many pests, exterminating even those who "disdain" the birds. In addition, they usually hunt at dusk or at night, when the garden robbers come out of their hiding places.

Toads, for example, eat snails, larvae and caterpillars of butterflies, millipedes, and many other insects. Lizards - a bear, various beetles, flies, caterpillars and even, if very hungry, Colorado beetles. Therefore - take care of them! If there is no reservoir near your site, a ditch with water where frogs could live, dig a barrel in your garden and do not let children kill these useful animals just because they are unattractive to look at.

Women's Internet magazine Notes of the "wild" mistress