We are always planting for pollinators, but we sometimes forget about our evening visitors - the moths. Planting for moths is always tricky, but there are several evening-scenting and opening plants that we can add to our gardens to encourage these nocturnal pollinators. Argentinian Vervain Tobacco Plant Common Jasmine Evening Promrose Globe Artichoke Hebe Honeysuckle … Continue reading Evening Plants for Moths
Category: Wild Guides
A Wild Kitchen
Did you know that herbs are extremely good for butterflies and moths? They are very easily adaptable to a range of different sized gardens and will readily take to containers, if you are short of space. Some of our favourite herbs to grow: Rosemary - Rosmarinus officinalis Caraway - Carum carvi Hyssop - Hyssopus officinalis English lavender - Lavandula … Continue reading A Wild Kitchen
Plants for Caterpillars
Starting your wildlife gardening journey? Then one thing that will absolutely help attract butterflies to your garden, is by providing food for their young. Caterpillars are prolific eaters and will munch away at their food plant - each butterfly young has their own food plant so planting one of these will help in attracting that … Continue reading Plants for Caterpillars
How to help Frog Spawn
Often with wet-weather, frogs and toads will take the opportunity to lay their spawn in any shallow pool they are able to find. Sometimes, however, this is not the wisest choice and can result in us finding frog spawn in drying puddles. But! There are ways we can move frog spawn to a safer location. … Continue reading How to help Frog Spawn
Hedgehogs in the Garden
Hedgehogs are welcomed visitors in many people's gardens. Not only are they are delight to see snuffling around our leaves looking for critters to eat, but they also clean up our gardens and remove pests such as slugs and snails benefitting our garden plants. Here are some simple ways to make your garden a better … Continue reading Hedgehogs in the Garden
Guide to Plants
Planting for wildlife is a no brainer. It's something that is drilled into us continuously, that we can provide habitats, food and nesting grounds for a variety of different species if we only add some plants to our gardens - but where do you start? In this guide, we look at the various different plants … Continue reading Guide to Plants
Complete Bird Guide
WHAT FOOD? Regular Seed Mix High Energy Mix No-Mess Mix Ground Mix There’s a whole range of different food mixes on the market, but these are the four mixes I primarily use on the garden feeders. Each of these have different elements that are perfect for different seasons.Regular Mix – go to mix for all tube … Continue reading Complete Bird Guide
World of bird baths
Bird baths can seem a complex world when looking at the host of different varieties available. There’s a huge variety with different styles, different colours and different depths, but each of these designs have their benefits and we will dive into them! Deep Baths: Ideal to be placed in areas of your garden where there … Continue reading World of bird baths
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