By Laurie Zitterkopf, Nebraska Extension Master Gardener
May is Garden for Wildlife Month. A great number of our native insects overwinter in small holes on or just below the ground’s surface or in the fallen leaves avoid raking, tilling, or mowing your yard until May. If you do need to mow, do so with the mower blade set at the highest level and leave fallen leaves where they fall on your property. It’s natural mulch and offers cover for bumble bees.