WEA students on a nature/culture walk!
All my articles, videos and work are funded by my teaching and sales of award winning bumblebee nest boxes, solitary bee boxes, and wormeries. Some of my WEA (Workers' Educational Association) students from Warrington Day Centre out and about on the Environmental...
Kids ‘n’ veg- Little Dibbers at the Allotment site
All my articles, videos and work are funded by my teaching and sales of award winning bumblebee nest boxes, solitary bee boxes, and wormeries. With the grateful help of volunteers, teachers, staff and funds provided by the Arch Garston, together we are teaching...
Wood mouse babies born in humane mouse trap!
All my articles, videos and work are funded by my teaching and sales of award-winning bumblebee nest boxes, solitary bee boxes, and wormeries. A female wood mouse has been trapped in the humane mouse trap by the Trapman for a few hours. I deliberately feed and water...
Bird survey training day at Griffin Wood, St.Helens
All my articles, videos and work are funded by my teaching and sales of award winning bumblebee nest boxes, solitary bee boxes, and wormeries. Yes, this friendly and diverse group of birders enjoyed a bird survey course held at Griffin Wood, St.Helens, part of the...
Moving Bumblebee nests-BBC Gardeners World Blog
All my articles, videos and work are funded by my teaching and sales of award winning bumblebee nest boxes, solitary bee boxes, and wormeries. I found this BBC Gardeners World Blog article about moving bumblebees bees nests and display here for interest only........
Ecologist magazine sees worm composting sense!
Worm composting All my articles, videos and work are funded by my teaching and sales of award winning bumblebee nest boxes, solitary bee boxes, and wormeries. Ecologist...........27th January, 2006 Worm composting is fun and easy. George Pilkington offers some advice...
Why I wrote “Composting with worms”
Why Waste Your Waste? All my articles, videos and work are funded by my teaching and sales of award winning bumblebee nest boxes, solitary bee boxes, and wormeries. I was asked the other day why I wrote my last book. "It's such a bizarre topic to write a book about"....
Birds need water! BTO News Release 2011-17 May
News Release 2011-17 May All my articles, videos and work are funded by my teaching and sales of award winning bumblebee nest boxes, solitary bee boxes, and wormeries. Enjoying this early summer weather? I am, but as usual with unusual weather...
Birds need calcium to lay their eggs- where do they get it from?
Snail shells in nest material prompt me to research! Well, it was my turn to make the evening meal. I also needed to clean out the tit bird boxes. So being thrifty and not wishing to waste anything, I decided to combine both activities and make birds nest soup! When...
Bumblebees – their natural enemies and pests
All my articles, videos and work are funded by my teaching and sales of award winning bumblebee nest boxes, solitary bee boxes, and wormeries. Many species of bumblebee have black and yellow stripes, an obvious warning sign in nature to predators that hunt by sight....