With many of our gardens showing signs of spring, lots of us will be keen to get outside and begin clearing our borders and pruning back those wayward shrubs.Continue reading
Category: Wildlife
Wildlife in the garden, both the welcome visitors like ladybirds, bees and butterflies, as well as the garden pests like slugs and snails.
Tips on attracting the friendly wildlife to your garden and ways to protect your precious plants from the pesky pests.
Bee Hotel
Who needs to buy a bee hotel? This leafcutter bee was busy making a nest inside a recessed screw hole in my hosepipe reel.
Hedgehog Home
Hedgehogs are known as ‘the gardener’s friend’ as they eat slugs, beetles and caterpillars and do no damage to plants or crops. Continue reading