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Welcome, and thanks for checking in. Have you ever noticed how sometimes one key piece of information can challenge all of your previous notions? This happened to me this past year. For many years, I cultivated lush organic gardens, filled with pollinator plants, ornamental flowers and fresh fruits and vegetables. Early gardens were in Seattle and more recent ones are in the San Francisco Bay Area. I composed heavily, avoided pesticides and herbicides, and encouraged beneficial insects and wildlife . In the process, I believed I was doing all that I could to be a good steward of the earth through my garden. But I had never realized that to native butterflies, moths and other insects, my garden was a desert . I offered them a drink from imported flowers, but no native plants on which to lay their eggs, feed their young, and ensure the future of their species. That all changed when I heard a talk by Doug Tallamy titled "Nature's Best Hope."...