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Tips to attract more wildlife
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Do you just love watch- ing wildlife in the backyard through
your kitchen window? If you want to attract more wildlife, there are a number of things you can do to make your land more attractive.
Whether you own a hobby farm, a ranch or a few acres of land that you’d like to keep wild, according to the yard-
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care experts at Toro, manu- facturer of the high-quality, reliable zero turn mowers built to mow big acreage, the key to attracting more wildlife to your property is to better understand the wildlife you want to attract and their habitat needs, which includes a consistent food supply, clean water and places to hide from preda- tors or to nest.
In other words, leaving your land wild is not enough. Follow these tips from the folks at Toro to make your land more inviting for birds and more.
1 CULTIVATE BUFFER ZONES NEAR WATER SOURCES
Clean drinking water is essential to wildlife of all types. If there’s a stream, pond or lake that connects with your property, create buffer areas where you al- low grasses, weeds, shrubs and trees to grow wild. Buf- fer areas reduce runoff from your yard, including lawn chemicals, mud, lawn clip-
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pings, etc., from entering the water, which can pollute water sources and acceler- ate algae growth.
2 CREATE FOOD PLOTS To attract more wildlife to your land, consider dedicat- ing a portion of your land to planting food that wildlife like to eat, such as corn, soy- beans, clover, alfalfa, grains and even pumpkins. Don’t forget to remove rocks and debris from your food plots,
which can potentially dam- age a mower’s blades.
3 CREATE AN ACCESS TRAIL
Animals, like humans, can have difficulty navigat- ing thick undergrowth and woody areas. To make it easier for wildlife to move around, clear a trail for them near habitat that also allows them to hide quickly should a predator be close by. If >> SEE PAGE 4
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