Nothing but Native with Doug Tallamy

The legend himself. It’s always such an honor to hear Doug speak. I give my word that I’ll continue to do all that I possibly can in order to restore our forests and wilderness areas right in our own backyards. I hope everyone will aim to do their part and slowly but surely we’ll create a better world not only for the pollinators and insects, but ourselves as well. Thanks for the great talk.

Your work is SO inspiring. Thank you, Professor Tallamy!!

Thank you. The presentation is so informative and helpful because I’m trying to leave my garden better and healthier for flora and fauna.

I support these kinds of movement because they're vital for the continuation on human kind, I would also like to volunteer some how,

Love your message. Doing what i can on my piece of ground.

Our properties need to serve many functions at the same time if we are going to pull out of this death spiral. Our properties need to support abundant biodiversity. To this end it needs to have the elements that can support that. Our properties need to deal with water in a spongy way to stand against flooding and drought. Our properties need to deal with the pollutants they may face. If there was pollution of the property in the past we should think in terms of phyto and/or mycoremediation. We need to avoid the use of pesticide/herbicide. We need to filter run-off entering from roadways etc. Our properties need to be designed to sequester/reduce our emmisions of carbon dioxide. Our properies need to provide for some of our needs. One of the greatest things we can do to support biodiversity is to grow some of our own food. First, if suburban land can grow a bit of food that will free up some rural land that might become truely wild. Second, moving food around releases CO2 into the atmosphere. Moving food from the backyard to the kitchen releases vastly less. Our properties should also be able to absorb some of the waste stream generated on it. For example a compost bin to absorb food waste and turn it back into food. Or turning fallen leaves and woody debris into mulch or the core of a hugel planting mound. We need to think in terms of stacking functions. Where everything in our properties have multiple beneficial functions. The permaculture maxin is that every function needs to be served by multiple elements, and every element needs to serve multiple functions.

Looking to optimize native selection in our perennial food systems and this hit the spot! Thanks Oak Ridges Moraine Trust and Doug!

Bumble bees go into the dunks and I think it might be the color of the bucket. So maybe there should be a study to make sure of the best color to protect bees.

I'm not seeing any birds for days here. Getting depressing.

The North American right whales need a Doug. Huge disappointment in Maine’s legislative party.

Fully grown trees are still valuable no matter what kind they are because they are sequestering carbon. It’s better if you can add natives on top of what you have, if you have the space. Seems counterintuitive to chop down fully grown trees when there is too much carbon in the air. I could see people going overboard with removing all their ornamentals overnight.

LOLOL!!!! Join H.O.A?!?!😂😂