Hallmark holiday or not, it doesn’t hurt to remind people to celebrate mothers at least one day a year. I’d like to also remind you to consider the non-human mothers. Their selfless acts of nurture mean we have baby birds year after year, more bees to pollinate our flowers, and more butterflies to delight our senses (and to feed those baby birds).
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| Monarch female depositing eggs on milkweed in 2017 |
Help those mothers out by letting them go about safely as they perform the business of raising the new generation of the rest of the critters in this world. Give them pesticide-free plants and safe places to raise their young.
- That bee boring a hole in your wooden structure is a single mom making a nest for her eggs. Or she might be excavating a hole in the ground for the same reason. Don’t get mad, share a little smile in appreciation of her hard work (and the tomatoes she pollinated for you on her way to gathering pollen for her babies).
- That butterfly flitting from plant to plant is looking for a host plant on which to lay her eggs. Make sure you have some native plants in your yard for her to find. Need some inspiration? Listen to/watch this talk by Doug Tallamy.
- The bird that keeps trying to build a nest in your hanging planter or the one who stole all your moss for her nest – think a little more kindly of her efforts.
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| Mother bluebird making her nest |
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| Bee gathering pollen and nectar for babies |
These are some of the many mothers in our world, and each one has a maternal job to do. Their efforts help make this world be the one that we know and love. Best of luck, ladies, and we're here to support you!
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