On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 05:07:05 GMT, "DJboutit" in
rec.gardens wrote:

I live in Houston Tx my back yard backs up to a bayou my back yard is like
1/4 to 1/2 acre. Need good tips or ideas for attracting bird bees
butterflies & bats to my back yard. Right now I have 2 bird feeders bird
bath bird house in my yard the plants I have are 2 big tress 1 medium size
tree some bushes small vine lots of small plants. What elese can I do to
attarct wild life to my back yard I am not looking for squerals.



Plant some physiotegia (sp) commonly known as "mother-in-law's tongue" (?)
Within three years you will have more physiotegia than you want and more
bumblebees (the cute little feller's!) than you can shake the proverbial
stick at -- I do in the fall and though I am sure that they will sting if
cornered and bothered I have literally slapped them out of the way.

(You know that irritating "Nexium" commercial about the purple pill that ran
incessantly a while back? I am pretty sure that the purple field they were
in was physiotegia -- at least it sure did look like about half of my
backyard, where I planted a dozen *single* physiotegia plants about 5 years
ago.)


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