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If, like me, you’re daunted by the conventional instructions for creating a pollinator meadow, you’ll be heartened by Alina Harris’ unconventional alternative. Instead of applications of herbicides or smothering with sheets of plastic, she says you can just change the frequency and timing of your mowing. An integrated pest and pollinator management specialist for the Xerces Society, Harris also works for the National Resources Conservation Service and the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension. In all these roles she’s an advocate for the little things, the insects and other invertebrates that pollinate our flowers and serve as a foundation of the food chain. Hear her story of balancing help for farmers and gardeners to protect their plants against pests with promoting the vital role that invertebrates play in promoting environmental health.
