Natural Christmas wreaths using willow-part 4 – examples
Natural christmas wreaths are fun and easy to make, the variations and colours are almost limitless…naturally!!
Natural Christmas wreaths using willow – part 3-making
Willow withies make the basic structure of the wreath, the skeleton which needs cloths to dress it and decorations to make it christmassy!
Natural Christmas wreaths using willow-part 2-decorations
Don’t buy plastic christmas wreaths, make your own from natures cupboard. Use the outdoor world and what mother nature provides for us! Beautiful and FREE material for you to use!!
Natural Christmas wreaths using willow-part 1- finding withies
Natural Christmas wreaths are so easy to make using osier, a form of willow, used as the basis for a wreath. No plastic whatsoever!!
Newts – what do they eat? What eats them?
Newts-what do the eat? Depends on whether they are on land or in a pond! See video of newts eating prey. What eats newts?
Hedgehog behind bars – inside humane rat trap!
Hedgehog unharmed in humane rat trap- bait them for rats not food likely to attract birds use and use only at night
Bumblebee nest site in manure heap
Bumblebee nest site in manure heap, monitored for research undertaken by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Greenfinches “Fat finch disease” (Trichomonosis) Q & A to BTO
All my articles, videos and work are funded by my teaching and sales of award winning bumblebee nest boxes, solitary bee boxes, and wormeries. Trichomonosis (fat finch disease) has decimated the greenfinches that visited my garden, from 15 to nil. This really...
Moreish marrows? Forget mincemeat & cheese topping!
Moreish marrows. Don’t compost them, cook them, they can be really tasty. Forget the boring mincemeat and cheese topping.Make better use of their ability to soak up tasty juices
Earthworm predators in the UK
There are many UK native predators of earthworms here in the UK. Unfortunately many more have been introduced such as the australian flatworm, a specimen of which I found on an allotment site in Liverpool recently.