{"id":502,"date":"2021-05-14T18:41:32","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T18:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/organicgardenco.com\/?p=502"},"modified":"2022-02-06T14:48:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T19:48:34","slug":"gardening-for-pollinators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicgardenco.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/14\/gardening-for-pollinators\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardening for Pollinators"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"502\" class=\"elementor elementor-502\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-45da1ff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"45da1ff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-67e1284d\" data-id=\"67e1284d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04df860 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"04df860\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">...and to save the planet<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22020b51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22020b51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>Becoming an environmentalist was probably the most profound change in my life. Never did I use round-up or other poisons, even when they said it was safe.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I&#8217;ve planted many non-native species but something has changed within the last year or so. Since moving from Chicago to Atlanta, I&#8217;ve noticed that many non-natives take over down here. Sure, barberry and burning bush were just as useless up north but here, non-natives have more growing time and spreading time.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve pulled out countless Japanese and Chinese privet just to watch it bloom profusely in my neighbors yard. In the early spring, various aggressive clematis sprouted up everywhere. After taking them out with my trusty camping shovel, many more have cropped up within a month.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>What can we do you ask? Recognizing them is a start.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;and to save the planet Becoming an environmentalist was probably the most profound change in my life. Never did I use round-up or other poisons, even when they said it was safe.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I&#8217;ve planted many non-native species but something has changed within the last year or so. 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