You're listening to the Joe Gardner show, the podcast all about gardening,

where we cover everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required.

And now, here's your guy, National Gardening Television Host,

and the Joe behind Joe Gardner, Joe Lample.

Hi everybody, it's Joe Lample, the Joe behind Joe Gardner and this is the Joe Gardner show

whereas you know we help you learn to grow like a pro oh gosh that is a lot of rhyming and I didn't

mean for that to happen.

But if you have been listening to the podcast for quite a while,

you know that we give you that information that you need to know

to learn how to be a better gardener.

So lots of how to gardening information. Well today I'm going to

challenge you a bit. Instead of giving you another episode like that about how to garden, this

episode is going to help teach you how to think about your gardening

and how that relates to attracting more native insects or conversely displacing native insects

as well in your own space.

And to be honest, I hope that after today,

I've either reminded you or educated you

about doing more in your own landscape and garden

to plant more native trees and shrubs that will serve as the

host plants to critical insect species that we need to sustain wildlife and to help

ensure biodiversity. Now when it comes to understanding that critical

relationship between native plants and the creatures that depend on them, Dr.

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