open door policy Following up on a great suggestion from @save_butterflies I’ve been leaving my shed door open. Sure enough the other day a butterfly was sheltering up against the wooden wall at ground level. It’s no longer there. I didn’t get a photo. But that policy is working. It’s part of a wider planContinue reading “Sheltering Butterflies, Caterpillars and Chrysallises”
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The Butterfly Garden is working
It’s not quite the green open space that I’d dreamed of but my little town garden has seen many more butterfly visitors this year… May was too cold, June was quiet but July! In July when the Buddleias finally came into flower, they were covered daily with 4 or 5 Peacocks and Red Admirals. WereContinue reading “The Butterfly Garden is working”
“We do what we can”
Since mentioning in my last blog this government’s allowing lowering of food standards (since break with EU) meaning such awful stuff as chlorinated (and diseased) chicken about to be made available for sale from non European countries (such as USA) I’d like to redress the balance a bit… Despite our Govt’s deliberate failure to protectContinue reading ““We do what we can””
Wildlife Gardening
Wildlife Gardening sounds like a bit of an oxymoron doesn’t it? As in if it’s not wild then it’s gardened – gardening can’t be wild. However as any gardener will know, gardening is as much about what you take out as what you put in, in terms of plants. Lots of work carefully removing floppedContinue reading “Wildlife Gardening”
Connectivity
So haven’t seen any Newts for a while – certainly none I could get a shot of – or so I thought… Haven’t managed to ID the Newts that I have seen here either – they could either be Smooth or Palmate? Certainly not Greater Crested although they do still remind me of small dragons…DefinitelyContinue reading “Connectivity”
Call of the Wild (rewrite)
Call of the Wild (by Annie Macdonald livingthewildlife.garden) Isn’t it strange that it’s really only when you give up on things, completely and utterly, that they happen? I find that it’s like that with trying to connect with Nature, and things emerging from the garden – plants that you thought had died sending up shootsContinue reading “Call of the Wild (rewrite)”
Nature knows best
Recently after a lovely tweet exchange on social media about the benefits of #ForestBathing, I thought I better give it a go in the garden. It’s been pretty cold in the UK hasn’t it? Not exactly optimum conditions for this, especially in the early morning frosty air. This was never likely to be that relaxing!Continue reading “Nature knows best”
Call of the Wild
You know how sometimes it’s only when you give up, really completely give up all hope of something, that it happens? That’s what it was like seeing those newts recently. I’d last spotted one at the edge of my pond, a whole couple of years ago and that was a great surprise. First of allContinue reading “Call of the Wild”
Rewilding (myself)
Yesterday was Global #Rewilding Day and I’m so glad (relieved and joyful) personally that this has caught on, that somebody / some people even thought of it in the first place: WAY TO GO! Yesterday was officially the first day of Spring and the Spring Equinox – but today 21st March will always be firstContinue reading “Rewilding (myself)”
So here’s the Wildlife pond!
Very much work in progress – but the daffodils popped up where I’d planted them last year. I’ve put in a few additions such as the primula and wild primroses around the edge. There are some more pond plants too to be potted in (had a real disaster with that last time round, the ‘coirContinue reading “So here’s the Wildlife pond!”
