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in reducing air temperatures during summer and insulating them during winter.I've always been cautious about recommending planting climbers like ivy against buildings, although I enjoy the sight when others do it. Provided walls are sound and ivy is kept clear

-looking wreath, so foraged for holly and ivy stems in the park. I chose both mature (non-prickly) and juvenile (prickly) holly, to reduce the pain factor of making the wreath, and took a very small number of holly and ivy berries, leaving plenty for the birds

, is twitching its wings on an ivy leaf. I don’t think anyone can remember why this hoverfly has such a daft common name - it’s one of the reasons I stick with my entomological snobbery and insist on scientific names, even for the most familiar of beasts