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As you rake leaves and prepare your garden for winter, consider leaving dead flowers and plants intact. Dead stalks and seedheads may look untidy, but they provide an important source of sustenance and shelter for birds and other wildlife when snow covers the ground and food becomes scarce. Even ferns can provide cover and habitat for small animals and beneficial insects. Black-eyed Susans, coneflowers, sunflowers, marigolds and zinnias are all excellent candidates to leave standing through winter. The hollow stems of many perennial plants provide nesting sites for native bees and other beneficial insects, helping support pollinators through the cold months.

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