Pollinators! Can we save them?

I am concerned about the decline in pollinator health and am working to protect bees and other pollinators from herbicide risks.

Here are two reasons that they are at risk:

• Poor nutrition (e.g., due to loss of foraging habitat and increased reliance on supplemental diets).
• Pesticide/Herbicide exposure.

There you have it.  Two of the key factors in the decline in pollinators happens right in our own backyards.  Since I was a child and my science teacher gave a talk about the health of our habitat I’ve want to do the best I could to protect the environment.

Many types of plants, including fruit and vegetable crops, depend on animals for pollination. In addition to honey bees, many other types of animals pollinate crops and wildflowers, including:

• Wild bees.
• Ants.
• Beetles.
• Wasps.
• Lizards.
• Birds.
• Bats.
• Butterflies.

We as humans rely on pollinators so we can EAT!  At will use of pesticides/herbicides is a serious issue that we can do something about immediately.  We don’t need a committee to gather to tell us how to fix the problem, we ourselves have the power within ourselves to do something.  We are responsible for the environment all we have to do is STOP using pesticides/herbicides at will, period.  It’s just that simple.

Every year as my business grows larger and larger the number one concern of my clients is spraying, they don’t want to spray.  That is a good thing to hear.  Why are we spraying?  Unwanted vegetation comes back if left alone.  What I tell people is that the goats are the first phase of your project.  They are not the end all be all.  Even spraying is not the end all be all when it comes to managing unwanted vegetation.  Unwanted vegetation still grows back if the area is left alone.

There is no perfect way to clean up unwanted vegetation but the bottom line is what are we doing to save the environment and save the pollinators?  Pollinators are VITAL!  We must do everything we can to protect them and encourage their habitat to grow.  One of the many advantages to hiring goats is that their manure is trampled into the ground and it is a natural fertilizer.  Sign up for my newsletter to stay in touch with tips on how to clean up the environment naturally

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