Blog posts on Rewilding topics
These are all the articles that pertain to rewilding as a topic relevant to homeowners, or to the BCLH service, “Rewilding.” This service installs green driveways, does indigenous or native plant landscaping, and installs protection on windows and glass balconies so that birds don’t smash into them.
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Fritted, decorated windows preventing bird crashes: Weird no more
I thought I'd already talked too much here about bird strike prevention, but I recently reviewed what I had, no, I haven't, really. It's show-and-tell ...
Replace your grass lawn with a meadow, or just let one happen
Do you hate mowing the lawn? Holy cow, I used to. We had a lawn that was half the size of a football field, and ...
How cracks in my asphalt driveway revolutionized my life
If you've been to this blog at least once before, you've probably seen photos of my green driveway. And yet every year, just like before ...
A Rewilding the Garden session
Six weeks before the frost sets in (traditionally, Canadian Thanksgiving is the first-frost date, but it actually comes later), gardeners can often get an early ...
How the green driveway conversion is holding up
In 2015, I posted about converting a standard residential parking spot into a green driveway. It's a pictorial, part of our Project portfolio. Three months ...
How to stop killing birds with windows – bird crash prevention for all!
Window crashes, also known as bird strikes, kill millions of birds with *every* migration. You might not think it happens to your windows, but it ...
Why you should make your chimney available for Chimney Swifts
A chimney swift is a bird, an aerial insectivore that consumes more than 1000 insects per day. It roosts in brick-laid chimneys. It is not ...
Urban land and a plan for how we handle the soil, in perpetuity
In 2011, I took a course at McGill in Organic Soil Fertilization where I learned that my yard's soil type is loamy clay (with a ...
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