Still Spring Garden in February
Feb 12-14 is the Great Backyard Bird Count! You can find more information here.
Here are some of the books about gardening, birds, and science that I have read, inspired by Still Spring Garden. It started with Margaret Roach’s A Way To Garden, and one book led to another. Those marked with an asterisk are available at Nashville Public Library.
Braunias, Steve How to Watch a Bird
*Heiligman, Deborah Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
*Horn, Dennis and Cathcart, Tavia Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians: the official field guide of the Tennessee Native Plant Society
*Kolbert, Elizabeth The sixth extinction: An Unnatural History
*Leopold, Aldo A Sand County almanac, and sketches here and there
Marzluff, John Welcome to Subirdia - sharing our neighborhoods with wrens, robins, woodpeckers, and other wildlife
*Powers, Richard The overstory - a novel of interlocking fables about trees
*Rainer, Thomas Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes
*Renkl, Margaret Late migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss
*Roach, Margaret A way to garden: a hands-on primer for every season
*Sibley, David Allen What it's like to be a bird: from flying to nesting, eating to singing -- what birds are doing, and why
*Tallamy, Douglas Bringing nature home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants
*Tallamy, Douglas Nature's best hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard
*Wasowski, Sally Gardening with native plants of the South
*Woods, Christopher Gardenlust: A Botanical Tour of the World’s Best New Gardens