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Backyard Gardening Tips to Attract Birds Follow the gardening tips on this site as there is absolutely nothing like having a peaceful backyard retreat where you can relax and listen to the sound of running water and watch the birds and animals feed and play. When you plan your backyard garden, plan on gardening with birds and other wilflife in mind. This is my grandson, Cody, and I. We can spend hours out by the fish ponds. Talk about bonding! Can you tell by looking at this picture of nature at its best that we have a pretty busy street out front and are about 2 blocks from a K-mart? You don't need to live in the country to enjoy this kind of atmosphere. As I work on this website, I can look outside and watch all the birds feeding from our deck. In fact, as I am writing, my wife and I are looking outside trying to figure out what type of new bird has just showed up. It seems like every so often a new variety drops by. Squirrels and chipmunks frequent our deck. One gardening tip is to plan on a pond with running water as it will attract the birds and butterflies. I was walking in the backyard and came upon this baby bluejay. He stayed there for a long time and just kind of gave me a look. I checked back later to see if he was ok and he had left, so he must have just been resting. You can enjoy nature as we are enjoying it with just a little effort. As I mentioned, my wife Pati and I do not live in the country; much as we would like to. But when you sit out in the backyard and relax, you feel like you're country living. With the sounds of nature; the waterfall and the birds chirping and, at times, the frogs croaking, the lovely flowers, Attracting birds and wildlife to your backyard is easy and very rewarding. We have a groundhog who hangs around most of the year and seems to bed under our shed out back. My daughter, Gina, named him Gomer. Chipmunks and squirrels frequent our deck and hummingbirds hang around as well. The chipmunks will come up to our door, where we have corn and sunflower seeds, and fill up his cheeks and take off for his nest. Read all the gardening tips you can. Spend a little time planting some flowers and bushes. Maybe put in a pond (highly recommended). Put up bird houses and bird feeders - add new ones as you go along and your budget will appreciate it.