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’t worry if you have snakes or slow worms, but celebrate the fact that your plot is home to such ancient, precious creatures. If you’re wary of stumbling across one while gardening, just wear wellies and gloves.I’ve no hope of attracting any snakes to my

) the smell of blood attracts flies, which lay eggs in the wound. Foxes can also grab hold of a hedgehog’s back leg and break it; many hogs in Sue’s care have had their legs amputated as a result of such an attack.When I met Sheba, she was sleeping under a

the wiser.I only get pigeons regularly visiting my garden. Last winter I made efforts to entice smaller, hungrier birds, and managed to attract a desperate pair of wagtails, a blackbird, a robin and a blue tit. They disappeared as soon as the ice thawed

to visit.The pigeons are chased away, a blue tit darts in and out before it gets noticed, the robin has given up completely and a poor, female blackbird (who really should be attracting more attention from him at this time of year) is shooed off every time

of dead foliage makes it even better, as it attracts other creatures eaten by frogs, such as slugs, snails and beetles.Seemingly, my grow bag habitat is so good, the frogs still haven't emerged. They're awake now (I checked), and I can hear them thumping