Exploring Nature: Two Suggestions

I have two suggestions for all my birding friends – buy some shade-grown coffee and get to know Keith Hackland.

First, about the coffee. I recently purchased several packets of instant coffee produced from beans grown in the shade of trees. It is good stuff, and I feel good about protecting the environment because shade-grown coffee not only enhances the soil by fixing nitrogen, but also provides a good place for birds to hang out.

And, completing the equation, the birds provide natural insect control so there is no need for poisonous insecticides.