Good Earth Gardens

04/16/2026

Small changes make a big difference

Peak spring migration is fast approaching, and with it comes a serious threat to birds across North America. By making simple changes to your home or building, you can help protect birds and support their incredible journeys. Visit the Bird Collision Prevention Alliance website to learn how to make glass safer, and reduce light pollution for birds: https://www.stopbirdcollisions.org/

04/03/2026

Good information ..

Coyotes have become a natural part of our urban and suburban landscape, often thriving because our neighborhoods provide an abundance of food, water, and shelter. While seeing a coyote near your home can be startling, these smart and adaptable creatures play an integral role in our ecosystem. They provide "free rodent control" by hunting mice and rats and help maintain species diversity by regulating populations of other animals like Canada geese and white-tailed deer.

To live safely alongside these neighbors, we must focus on two things: changing the human behaviors that attract them and re-instilling a healthy, natural fear of humans in the coyote population.

04/01/2026

Early detection is critical .. The yellow-legged hornet poses a threat to honeybees and other pollinators in our state.

Georgians, especially in Coastal Georgia, are urged to remain vigilant as Yellow-Legged Hornet queens emerge from overwintering and begin establishing new nests.

Early detection is critical! If you see a nest please report it using our online form so we can investigate.

03/16/2026

Be on the alert for the spotted lanternfly!! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CFmb7H4Qd/?mibextid=wwXIfr

02/21/2026

Get ready!! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AQHQu27m6/?mibextid=wwXIfr

HUMMINGBIRD LOVERS GET READY! The great hummingbird migration has just started...with several sightings already along the Gulf Coast. You'll start to see even more into March across the Southeast and will continue to spread north through May. Get those hummingbird feeders out!

10/26/2024

**Thank you everyone for the overwhelming response! We will be in touch this coming week with plans. If any other landscaper/land managers would like to be included, please message us. Cheers! 🌻 Hey everybody. These are challenging times in the nursery business, and as a native nursery and small business, doubly so. We are competing with the big guys. The corporations owned by private-equity firms with big money backers that we don’t have. I know you small business landscapers are feeling it, too. We want to help and feel that the best way to do so is through collaboration. I am compiling a list of native landscapers to plan a meet up with and if you and your organization want to be on it, please message us. Let’s get through these hard times together and bring some happiness to each other, too. 🙌🏻

02/13/2024

Good guidance 🐝 https://xerces.org/blog/dont-spring-into-garden-cleanup-too-soon?fbclid=IwAR3UHwjBgiofICZGT0h9fZ8uuBVf9UZnyNwZJf81DYvBCN4umvUNNuMOMhY_aem_AQ7D7837BjsSdvh1TRTUEA5_gZqmEnPoIVMtOoF8uHo7rIsPnL9u2AaGVmw4BK4_mjU

Early spring garden cleanup can disrupt critical invertebrate habitat and leave pollinators out in the cold. Our guidelines will help you determine when cleaning up won't bug the pollinators in your space.

07/21/2023

04/13/2023

Good advice - Don’t drink and fly.

Don't drink and fly.

This time of year, fruit-eating birds such as cedar waxwings and American robins often eat fruit that has started to rot and ferment. A byproduct of fermentation is the production of alcohol.

The consumption of these fermented fruits can cause the birds to lose much of their coordination and capacity to fly. This can cause them to crash into windows and other obstacles. Sadly, they can also die directly from alcohol poisoning if they ingest enough of the fermented fruit.

Another possible cause for drunken flying is that the birds have eaten Nandina (sacred bamboo) berries. This exotic invasive plant is used in landscaping and draws cyanide from the soil, depositing often lethal doses in its bright red fruit.

Learn from our feathered friends and consume fruits responsibly.

01/15/2023

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We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service know that pollinators are the engine that run healthy habitats. While we’ve been actively working to restore and conserve millions of acres of land, we need your help. Whether you have a few feet on your apartment balcony, a yard in need of landscaping or s...