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 Lone Mountain Natives: www.lonemountainnatives.com 575-538-4345. Plants available at the Saturday Silver City Farmers Market and at their nursery (by appointment only) in Silver City.
Country Girls Nursery: 1950 Highway 180, E St, Silver City, NM. Some natives available.
New Mexico State Forestry Conservation Seedling Program:
www.emnrd.state.nm.us/SFD/treepublic/ ConservationSeedlings.html. Sixty different species of mostly native seedlings available. Order online. Spring and fall catalogs available from carol bada@state.nm.us
Granite Seed: www.graniteseed.com Source for a variety of seeds, grass, wildflowers, trees, shrubs and revegetation mixes.
Native Seeds Search. Although this non- profit focuses on heirloom food crops, they also offer an extensive collection of native wildflower seeds, including “collections” focused on flowers for birds and bees. Seed packets for several of the species mentioned in this issue are also available.
Desert Survivors. A nonprofit native plant nursery that employs adults with developmental disabilities. Located in Tucson.
Water for Your Habitat Garden
 by Steve Morgan
Here in the Southwest, we tend to look at water, or should, as the precious resource that it is. Look at the contrast between a heavily wooded riparian corridor and a windswept desert ridge. The availability of water in the riparian area allows a much greater range of habitats than exists on the rocky ridge. This doesn’t mean that you won’t find an abundance of life in those lands that look barren to our eyes, but that life is different. So, depending on where you live, your water needs to create and maintain wildlife habitat will vary. Now, let us look at how that precious resource can be best appreciated and utilized in your own yard.
There are really two options for water: from the sky or from underground. Here in New Mexico, not many of us have perennial streams running through our property. If you do, I suggest you tell your neighbor that their hose has been running for days. There are perennial streams here, just not in abundance, and those tend to be well marked with riparian lushness. Our most common drainage feature is the dry wash. When it is flowing, we rejoice.
         A variety of above ground water storage systems are available, in many sizes. They range from purely utilitarian to those designed as accent pieces, like these 55, 90, and 115 gallon ceramic pots.
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