The concept of ecology deals with relationships between organisms and their environment. Global warming, air pollution, water pollution, and invasive exotic plants are all important and serious ecological issues.
We as individuals may not be able to deal directly with those global issues, but here in Yardener's Helper we believe that each of us can definitely try to understand about the ecology of our own yard and if we identify an ecological problem, maybe we can do something about it. Collectively all the yards in America have enormous impact on the overal ecological health of our country.
So here we look at the players found in a healthy yard ecosystem. In the air are the birds, on land are the bugs and animals, and down in the soil are the earthworms and soil microbes. If all these critters are present and in proper balance with the yard's environment, many of the problems in the yard will disappear or at least be minimized.