This is bird note.

Before Seattle area resident Joanna Buehler started planting at her home, the site was completely barren.

Today, toees, jays, chickadees, swallows, woodpeckers, and others find food and refuge there. She landscaped with birds in mind.

Water, food, and cover. Those are the main elements I think. So think about what kind of plants

are growing naturally in your area.

They're hardy, they're adapted to the area.

And so they have co-existed, and the birds have co-existed and the birds have co-existed.

By avoiding herbicides Joanna discovered an added benefit.

How do I control the weeds? I spend hours out there battling on my hands and knees.

But at the same time, that's as close as I get to meditation to prayer.

I love being in my garden.

It calms me, it puts things back into perspective.

Fall is a good time to plant.

The plants are going dormant.

They'll put their energy into growing roots and getting established.

If you're lucky, nature will do some planting for you.

Years ago, some cottonwoods seeded themselves

and I didn't cut them down.

I let them grow and 25 years later I now have bald eagle sitting in them I have

great blue heron who perches up there there's a regular belted kingfisher

who's here.

As that vegetation has grown, it's provided habitat.

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