Gardening for Fireflies
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ค. 2021
- Is there anything more magical than taking a walk on a hot summer's night through fireflies dancing in the dark? Learn how to attract fireflies to your home garden!
CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO:
00:01:01 When to see fireflies
00:02:40 Firefly facts
00:04:50 Bonita’s garden: biodiverse, mimics a forest, provides habitat
00:08:00 Firefly gardens: 6 steps
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So beautiful🌺🌺🌺🌺🌱🌱🌱🌱🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you! They really are magical, aren't they?
@@BerriesandBushcraft are there are fireflies in Ireland
My yard looks much like Bonita's. I think it takes a lot more intentional work to maintain a 'wild mess' yard than it does swaths of dead zone kentucky bluegrass. My neighbors all hate my yard, but I think they're just jealous! One woman sent her husband over to ask why I have butterflies when no one else does. I love the forest, so I've tried to mimic it in my front yard with all of the different layers. I also leave dead logs lying around for the lightning bugs. Someone once told me that you have to create the life you want to live. I want to live surrounded by trees, flowers, birds, butterflies & lightning bugs ❤
I have millions of these beautiful fireflies in my field. They love the green bean field. The can fly high up to the roof of my roof and to the top of my super tall maple tree.
That sounds so lovely! Nothing more magical than that
Get out there and see some fireflies!
Worms are no longer present many places to keep walking into bodies of water, not only when it's raining. They used to feed the food chains of the bodies of water no longer with those life forms tied to that reason; the loss of the worms. And so the birds eat other, etc..
We have a tiny yard, but we normally get about 1 trillion times more fireflies than any neighbors , we leave a lot of wild growth and generally rip up grass when ever possible
that's amazing! If only more lawns could be like yours the world would be filled with more magic 💖🥰
@@BerriesandBushcraft We will keep trying , what we need are more animal crossing bridges for busy streets!!! These guys need a place 2 move !!
100%! So many plants, mammals and insects would benefit
This is the way
I haven't seen fireflies since I was a kid in Japan in the '50's. We used to catch them and put them in jars but I don't remember releasing them. Kids are heartless. I was hoping to see them when I visited my brother in Ohio during couple of summers but never did. They're so magical.
I remember doing the same but I let them go after a few nights to have double for the big release.
Down in Louisiana, at least in my little corner, we get fireflies as early as April
Wow! Yes, I expect your April weather is much like our late-May or early-June weather 😁 Meanwhile, in April many of the leaves on our trees are only just starting to think about coming out!
Awesome guys!
People always ask me about getting fireflies/glowworms to release in their gardens. My usual response is to get their garden in line with their needs first and to invide them this way instead!
Nice video on exactly that topic!
Fun fact: Hannibal Lecter (of the tv series) was practicing firefly friendly gardening as a young man...
Couldn't agree more!
Baaahaahaahaaa that IS a fun fact!
I'm also in eastern ontario and found this video looking them up after seeing them in my backyard in the evening while I was letting out my dog. So many of them! And since they flash as the sun is setting you can still see them without their light and I caught one which was pretty easy because they are slow flyers. Unfortunately I'm pretty sure they realize their flashes would be wasted while sitting in a bottle so they just never did so I released him.
We saw some fireflies in our garden just last week! It was so great. Thanks for these tips to encourage them to be back next year!
I love your garden so much, it doesn't surprise me you'd have them! Your garden is a safe haven for all things with many legs and wings 💖
Hi Bonita, love your yard. I live a couple of streets over from you and am blessed by firefly light too. Good to see you online.
Thanks, Pauline. We love fireflies too. Glad you see them around too.
Great video. Thank you ❤
It’s a great concise teaching video. I love Bonita and Sebastian for their contribution to the environment. I will look for the book. Light pollution and squeaky clean lawns doesn’t make our neighbourhood eco friendly. I’m trying to get my city to turn off lights that are on all night close to my pollinator community garden. Do you have any links or references that I can give to the city about lights?
nice!!!
In the mid south we see lots of fire flies in spring when it is not freezing and is moist. If it dries out in late June through September they go away. They need rain And dew to mature.
That's so neat to hear how different the ones in our Canadian climate need the weather. Ours only begin to come out in June!
I'm from India.. I have grown up seeing so many fire flies in my garden to fields..but day by day they are becoming rare.. It's so heartbreaking.. I'm living in a town where no garden is found.. I've a big tarrace where I can make such garden.. Help me to do so
Is it in Ireland are there fireflies in Ireland?
That's a really good question! We are in Ontario, Canada. Perhaps someone from Ireland could weigh in on this?
Growth is not neat
Too long of an intro felt like I was reading the life story before a recipe of a grilled salmon
thanks for the feedback!