Erysimum Bowles’s Mauve for wildlife gardeners I am often asked which are good plants to have in a wildlife garden. This small bushy evergreen perennial wallflower (Erysimum linifolium ‘Bowles’ Mauve’) is definitely one of my top choices....
The bird feeder and the persistent squirrel, a battle of wits!! Everytime the squirrel came, the birds stayed away from the bird feeder and the area around it. First I bought a bird pole squirrel guard, which worked. So the squirrel started to try and outsmart me! A...
View solitary bees inside their nest boxes, their pests and coexistence with other species What happens inside your bug boxes? Want to show children bees at school? Want to observe bees? Want to increase your solitary bee numbers? Want to potentially increase your...
Out of sight not out of mind (or soil, compost, seed dressings, bulbs, top fruit, cereals, soft fruit) Please don’t think neonicotinoid pesticides have gone away just because there has been talk of a ‘ban’ – or because they (or bee decline)...
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