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I love the Earth so much that I will go so far as to hug a tree or roll down a grassy hill when the mood strikes. Generally I will commit to a task or event to celebrate the most awesome event since my birth. This year is going to be slightly different. I’m going to celebrate Earth day by organizing a healthier, nature friendly patio garden. That doesn’t sound right… All gardens are nature friendly. This year I’m going native! Instead of purchasing buckets of dollars in fancy lilies, roses and other such showy flowers, I will be investing a small amount of time and money in growing flowers found naturally in Southeastern Wisconsin.

The area I live in has become quite developed in the past few years. And while there are parks and patches of untouched land, I miss seeing the gold and blue hues of wildflowers along the side of the road that used to lead to a park nearby. Now that new stores have been built and roads were paved through, all the land is a lush manicured carpet of grass. Nice, sure. But it’s too uniform and plain.

I also miss the bees and butterfly’s. I’m hoping that planting more natural wildflowers will help to encourage a variety of insects to return to my little area, and thus a larger variety of birds. I’m quite sick of the same old blackbirds hanging around.