Do us all a favor and go click on these sites. It won't cost you anything but a few seconds...
(I did have these on my journal profile page, but on a closer look, they are not non-profit companies, and therefore in violation of LiveJournal's TOS. So I moved them here. However, they do get corporate sponsors to make donations to charities based on your one click a day. If you make a purchase through one of their sponsors (and there are many names I'm sure you're familiat with), a further donation is made. If you're going to buy it online anyway, why not have it do some good?)
And something I am trying to get done at my place - bug me about it. It's been very slow going through. I would make the claim though, that though there are lots of weeds, bugs like weeds, and birds like bugs, and so on, and so on.... I do try to keep feeders filled (seeds and hummingbird feeders), and use non-chemical means of pest control, such as establishing a population of decollate snails which prey on those pesky helix snails.