You can’t plant a garden then turn your back on it
All posts tagged gardening for wildlife
Biodiversity garden – Malmesbury
Living with wildlife
A carbon zero garden
Wind in the willows
August in the garden
Dainty Verbena bonariensis and blousy dahlias…
Garden Notes – May
Despite the near constant rain, garden life has been going at full pace over the last couple of months; now you should see tadpoles in the ponds, lush growth in the garden, a lawn that needs regular mowing, birds nesting, fledglings bumping around the bushes, foraging bees, scuffling hedgehogs, scented lilac bushes, tulips, etc… There…
Composting – Part II
I understand this won’t be for everyone however if you have herbivore pets then composting will take care of itself. Manure from plant eating animals acts as an ‘activator’ for the composting process. The nitrogen in the manure / droppings enriches the bin with millions bacteria, these feed on the woody material in the bin and…
Pollinating bees
Forraging bees…
My January garden
How many flowers do you have in your garden?
Hedgelaying
I have started my list of winter jobs with laying 20 meters of quite mature hazel, a very satifying day’s work. However it is a long hedge and there are already a lot of thinings to tidy up! A bit more to go…
Country garden – Dorset
A garden with formal cosy area close to the house extending to coppice, orchard and vineyard