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<v Speaker 1>Right now, let's say good morning to the host of

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<v Speaker 1>Home on KFI. It's our house and this week our

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<v Speaker 1>yard whisper Dean Sharp morning.

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<v Speaker 2>Dean, Good morning Amy.

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<v Speaker 1>That we're gonna talk about the birds and the bees

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<v Speaker 1>and the plants in the trees and getting your house

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<v Speaker 1>and your home.

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<v Speaker 2>Ready for spring.

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<v Speaker 3>Right spring is here. We got this weird spring weather.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean I should say weird just because I don't

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<v Speaker 3>think we're used to having such a full spring as

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<v Speaker 3>what we're having.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it's.

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<v Speaker 3>Sunny one minute, half an hour later, it's sprinkling again,

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<v Speaker 3>and then it gets cold and it's warming. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>we're having a real spring in southern California this year.

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<v Speaker 2>Nice and it's time. It's time to get ready.

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<v Speaker 3>People here in SOCW we don't so much think about

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<v Speaker 3>spring cleaning as we think about getting out into our

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<v Speaker 3>yards and getting everything tuned up.

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<v Speaker 2>This is gonna be the year. This is the year

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<v Speaker 2>that I'm going.

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<v Speaker 3>To have more life in my yard, more birds, song

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<v Speaker 3>and all of that kind of thing.

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<v Speaker 2>And we're going to help you do that this.

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<v Speaker 1>Weekend, all right, And so let's just look at because

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<v Speaker 1>there's lots of factors to come into play and there

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<v Speaker 1>are good bugs, there are bad bugs that you need

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<v Speaker 1>to consider as you're putting your yard together.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, mosquitoes are on everybody's mind right now because with

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<v Speaker 3>the cold and the additional bits of rain and moisture

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<v Speaker 3>come opportunities for mosquitoes to get really active once the

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<v Speaker 3>weather starts warming up. And mosquitoes actually aren't that difficult

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<v Speaker 3>to handle if you know what to do and what

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<v Speaker 3>notot probably the biggest thing that I warn people not

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<v Speaker 3>to do is don't waste money on bugs appers, and

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<v Speaker 3>unfortunately there's a lot of misinformation out there about mosquitos.

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<v Speaker 3>In fact, if you go into Amazon, which normally can

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<v Speaker 3>be a really reliable source of information and products, but

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<v Speaker 3>if you type mosquito control into Amazon, you're going to

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<v Speaker 3>get a ton of references and hits on UV bug zappers.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think they make everybody satisfied because at nighttime,

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<v Speaker 3>you're sitting around and you know, you hear that.

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<v Speaker 2>I got another one.

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<v Speaker 3>Here's the thing, though, I'm not going to tell you

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<v Speaker 3>that no mosquito has ever been killed by a bug zapper,

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<v Speaker 3>but if it has happened, it's totally accidental because mosquitoes

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<v Speaker 3>aren't attracted to UV light, not the way that other

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<v Speaker 3>insects are. They are not attracted to that UV black

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<v Speaker 3>light in the bug zapper. So you're really wasting your

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<v Speaker 3>money when it comes to mosquitos on that kind of stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>What mosquitoes are attracted to are us exhaling. They see

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<v Speaker 3>co two plumes above sources of animals, and so they

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<v Speaker 3>can smell it and they zero in on us and

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<v Speaker 3>they find us because we exhale.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, all right, here's something bigger that also has wings

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<v Speaker 1>that you want in your yard, and that's birds, absolutely,

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<v Speaker 1>and you can attract them too, right.

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<v Speaker 2>You can.

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<v Speaker 3>You can totally attract birds. Birds, though, I got to

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<v Speaker 3>tell you, are attracted once a yard is really functioning

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<v Speaker 3>as a habitat for them. There are a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>birds in our area, like in my neighborhood. There are

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<v Speaker 3>a ton more birds in my yard than there are

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<v Speaker 3>in most of my neighbor's yard because we've worked really

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<v Speaker 3>hard at building a habitat. And habitat means that you've

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<v Speaker 3>got water for them, that you've got food for them,

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<v Speaker 3>that you've got places of cover for them, nesting areas

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<v Speaker 3>for them, and that things are happening on a native level.

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<v Speaker 3>And I say native, because really the beginning of the

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<v Speaker 3>food cycle for birds starts down in the soil with

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<v Speaker 3>worms and insects again, and unless you've got native plants

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<v Speaker 3>going on your property, you're not actually going to have

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<v Speaker 3>many insects. And a lot of people are like, good,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm glad, I hate insects. Yeah, but the birds show

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<v Speaker 3>up because they know that there's that kind of stuff

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<v Speaker 3>happening in your yard. And the fact of the matter

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<v Speaker 3>is that our insects in our area have very very

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<v Speaker 3>narrow diets, they have very very narrow needs, and they

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<v Speaker 3>have no use for non native plants.

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<v Speaker 1>Interesting, So you're going to be talking about the circle

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<v Speaker 1>of life in your own backyard coming up all week

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<v Speaker 1>in long.

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<v Speaker 3>And I will holding my little cat up and we

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<v Speaker 3>will be singing the Lion King song.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh okay, I love that. Okay, So did you know

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<v Speaker 1>what tomorrow is? It has to do with what you're

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<v Speaker 1>talking about tomorrow? No naked gardening day.

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<v Speaker 2>Naked gardening day.

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<v Speaker 1>Yep, you know anything about it?

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<v Speaker 2>That's not happening, Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think San Francisco is the top rated city

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<v Speaker 1>in at least California for naked gardening.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, why am I not surprised. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Okay, you can listen to all of this

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be such fascinating information as you're putting

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<v Speaker 1>your backyard and your front yard and your habitats together

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<v Speaker 1>to make your home more hospitable to our little birds

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<v Speaker 1>and bees. And we'll tell you, I'm sure you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to be talking about bees a lot more too. We

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<v Speaker 1>don't have time to do it today, but I know

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<v Speaker 1>that you're a big backer of bees, and I love

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<v Speaker 1>bees too. So that is tomorrow from six to eight am,

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<v Speaker 1>and then again on Sunday from nine to noon. And

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<v Speaker 1>it's called Home. It's right here on KFI with our

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<v Speaker 1>very own Dean Sharp. You can also follow Dean at

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<v Speaker 1>Home with Dean. That's right, Thank you, Dan Sharp.