Celia Llopis-Jepsen

So that's the leap year.

Well, if you have a very deep bank account, a lot of magical things can happen.

But if you want to do it on the cheap, then I think patience goes a long way.

Yeah, it gets oft repeated that if you have a native plant garden, there's no maintenance.

Here's Stacia again from Deep Roots KC.

Yeah, that's not a thing.

So yes, there is some maintenance.

You're going to want to stay on top of watering and weeding that bed, especially while those plants are maturing.

But it does get easier.

The weeding gets easier over time when your plants get nice and big and fill out your flower bed.

And then you're not going to end up having to water these plants much if you've like picked the right plants for your region and your site.

Yeah, so I mean, there are definitely things that you can still do.

One cool option would be to look for like local volunteer opportunities to do things like plant or maintain wildlife gardens in the local road medians or pocket parks or city parks.

Sometimes there's going to be like a local agency or a neighborhood group that needs lots of hands on deck to maybe weed these spaces, especially while they're getting established or to help remove invasive plants that are kind of getting in there and smothering the wildlife habitat.

And, you know, that's a fun way to also meet other people who are interested in what you're interested in.

And then if you have any outdoor space, like maybe you have a patio or a balcony, you can grow native flowers in pots as well and attract bees and butterflies maybe to your patio that way and give them some nectar.

So just because you're maybe not able to plant a larger space right now doesn't mean there aren't fun ways to get involved in doing a little something where you live for wildlife.

Celia, thank you so much for this.

Thank you.

It's been fun.