'plants & poultry'
Curiosity killed the cat according to the saying, however curiosity is but an appetite for knowledge, and this led me to purchase a trail camera..... at least that's my excuse. I know that foxes visit the chicken pens, in fact if you follow this blog you will have read about various trials and tribulations I've …
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The folks at Integrity Search Ltd sent me this handy little infogrpahic over the other day so I figured I'd share. 12 common UK garden pests and how to control them without resorting to chemical agents... The original was commissioned by them there Greenhouse folks - Gabriel Ash
The snow is falling outside and for us its been a few years since we have any of any significance. I use the word 'significance' though not in the manner of a weather forecaster, a few inches of snow isn't a lot to fall. Instead I mean that there is enough for it to be …
Its a question asked quite frequently when it comes to gardening or the flora and fauna of the countryside but for me I can't say I can always provide evidence to support my answer. Ok I know the date when the swallows return or the first chiff chaff call but thats based on whether I'm …
Every now and then I’m given a chicken house to put through some field trials and as a consequence I can end up with quite a few ‘buildings’ covering the field. It was on one such coop I figured I try a different kind of field trial by sticking a green roof on it. Why not, …
I was digging through some old articles I had written and stumbled upon a section I wrote some years back. Each month I would need to produce a short section on what would be going on outdoors for that given month. Now given most monthly magazines can be working 2-3 months ahead of themselves then …
This is a part of an old article I wrote some years back but on the request of a twitter friend Heather Wilde of @KidsNorthWest I'm uploading it here as she's holding a bird box building party soon so hopefully she'll find this timely and useful 🙂 Birds are an integral part of any garden, be it …
I’ve always had a bit of a passion for birdwatching which stems from my childhood sitting by the kitchen window recording and drawing all the bird species that visited our little semi detached garden. One of the best ways to attract birds into the garden is to feed them, and feeding them is equally essential …
Having once being a little boy who, by rights, was into all things creepy crawly, and then later in life becoming an avid ecologist and nature lover, I have come to understand the importance of food chains from beginning to end. As a gardener I’ve also come to appreciate that not all that flies, crawls or …
One of the major attractions of gardening for me is seeing what wildlife your efforts can bring into the garden. One way to increase the wildlife diversity in the garden though is to provide roosts or safe havens for them. If you are fortunate enough to have bats frequenting your garden or allotment then …
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