The birds are starting to nest, the chipmunks are scurrying everywhere, the raccoons are back with a super sized appetite and the butterflies are slowly starting to make their way to their summer places too.  Butterfly and hummingbird gardens are one way to ensure you get to see an abundance of both over the summer months and keep them coming back year after year.

One thing to be sure of - if you have other wildlife in the area - they may wreak havoc with your feeders but they usually leave your gardens alone.  Not always - I have a lovely deer that makes my tulips a mid afternoon snack and loves the tops of my hollyhocks.  I may have to move my garden AGAIN.