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and hoverflies are still on the wing, foraging for food. Nectar provides insects with energy to fly and builds them up for winter hibernation. By growing just one source of nectar-rich food, you can improve these insects' chances of surviving the cold months

Our gardens our becoming increasingly important places for wild animals and especially birds. By providing a regular supply of food and water, we can help birds survive the challenging winter months, when they can struggle to survive.One way you can

for birds too, particularly in winter when other sources may be frozen.Attracting birds to your gardenMaking a nesting area for birds on a pond video project.Making fat cakes for birds.Making a bird box.Bird baths blog by Adam Pasco.Making a green roof for a

Hedgehogs need somewhere to hibernate in winter, so here's your chance to provide them with a cosy home. This wooden hedgehog house should entice them away from bonfire stacks and ensure they stay in your garden ready to feast on slugs in the spring

suffered from moisture and mould during the winter or their newly-founded embryo nests have fallen foul of bad weather at the key stage of development in April and May.There are definitely more wasps about this year so it was no surprise when an allotment

out containers ready to refill with fresh compost for autumn and winter pot displays, one of my children exclaimed "look what I've found ... one of those leaf bee things!" Sure enough, there in amongst the compost were several beautiful cylinders, each

providing them with safe places to roost and raise their young, as well as a year-round supply of food.But I'm worried. I know that feeding birds is a good thing, it helps many survive the miserable winter to live and breed the following spring. But as I

feared. The really sharp cold of last week had lifted slightly and the soil was not frozen solid. In fact it was nearly as friable as normal. We just don't get hard winters in London any more. As we lowered the small cardboard box, which previously held

When it's cold outside, and none of the family offer to join me in the garden for a spot of tidying up, it's nice having the company of some feathered friends instead. During winter the birds are bolder and friendlier than ever, with robins

the shelter offered by our wooden window frames, until I disturbed them, prematurely waking them from their winter sleep. Having opened the windows, I didn't know whether I should immediately close them and risk crushing any insects, or leave them open to give