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Centipedes

If I have made "sweeping statements", they pertain only to my garden, my
soil, my centipedes, snakes, spiders and birds..It has taken 10 years,
but there are now have birds where I never saw them, a winter wren that
comes to the window every fall to tell me in no uncertain terms that he
is back.  I resist destroying the spiders under the eaves...he eats them
(after they've eaten mosquitoes, etc.).  The blue jays dine on the
carpenter ants that abound on hot summer days.  They are also the
reforestation committee, "planting" acorns, filberts and black walnuts
like Easter eggs..it doesn't take long to figure what the garden would
look like in 10 years if I weren't vigilant...a forest of oaks, etc.
The goldfinches dine on thistle and dandilion seeds in non-garden
areas.  Song sparrows delight us with their song.  Wild band tail
pigeons come in a large flock.  We have a resident coyote, encourage
bats...even had a cougar 'til some one shot it.  Few deer, however; the
poachers and 2-ton highway "bullets" keep them controlled.  Earthworms
till the soil, moles provide me with potting soil, etc. etc.  Our big
old oak tree used to drip honeydew from aphids all over the
patio...birds and the new Japanese lady bugs have changed all that.  We
have allowed a natural habitat to develop, use the microclimates to our
advantage, and it's paradise.  I don't mean to crow...but hey, it works!
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