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Talkback: Hedgehogs in the garden
as many as we can and the state some of them arrive in is pitiful. Much of it is down to human activity which is completely at odds with what our wildlife needs.Anyone who is interested in these animals can find a vast amount of information about them by Liz Ward
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28/01/2012 00:43:37
by HOLEDIGGER
The wrong kind of birds
empathy here... Lunarz - I, too, try to encourage wildlife into the garden: bug boxes for the winter, nesting boxes (sadly unused this year) for the small birds, ivy retained for insects and small birds (wrens especially like the habitat) and careful by Shrinking Violet
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14/05/2012 21:57:01
by Cetti
Talkback: Cuckoo spit
,i have got much wildlife to ,frogs,toads,newts,to many birds to mension and a bliming bees-nest ...[tree bumble-bees],foxes,fox-cubs and monkjack deer,mice in shed,the list is endless but i love it all and the most wonderful thing is there is so much by Gladys the gardener
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28/11/2011 18:40:52
by Enduring Gardener
Talkback: Butterflies
once a fortnight. I also introduced some red valerian. The butterflies love it, especially when it starts to go to seed. The return of wildlife into the garden since I stopped trying to manicure it is amazing. Ten years ago I was living in Dumfries by John Waters
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28/11/2011 18:37:18
by Rebeca
Talkback: Ladybird pupae
It would be really helpful if you could show a picture of the ladybird larvae, as I also may have squashed them. I haven't seen a single ladybird in my garden this year and neither, having asked on TMF wildlife and gardening threads, have most other by Karen
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28/11/2011 18:39:11
by PiggyLou
Small Wildlife pond
I need some help, i have been considering a wildlife pond for several years but never had the guts until now. There is a area in my garden which i don't like very much so i have decided that's where my pond will go. Its under a tree it does get a by Erica938
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08/03/2013 22:49:42
by Peat Ballan
Talkback: Paving over front gardens
experienced in wildlife safaris. Visiting gardens, especially Botanic gardens, all over the world has given me an enthusiasm and experteese with plants and attending workshops and dayschools and classes like the RHS Diploma classes over thirty years ago by happymarion
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28/11/2011 18:43:27
by Lisa
Talkback: Draining ponds
nature pond or a fish one, mine is a fish one but frogs lay in there. so i move it to my small wildlife one. :) i just have frogs,toads and newts no fish.so should i clean it out then??? oh thanks dragonfly,i didnt fancy cleaning it out anyway.will leave by Dragonfly
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28/11/2011 18:40:34
by Angel
Talkback: Frogs and slugs
do keep the slugs at bay. I also try to grow plants that slugs and snail don't like, lavender, lambs ears, astilbe, ferns etc. I have tried to encourage as much wildlife as possible into my garden and have lots of bird feeders, sun flowers, poached by Lizzie the gardner
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28/11/2011 18:37:17
by joseph woosey
Duckweed
it by scooping it out regularly but even if you get rid of it completely for a while - it usually is reintroduced through the wildlife visiting your pond. Thanks marshmello.  The goldfish love sunbathing and the rockery needs some sun unfortunately.  The current by celia2
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20/06/2012 10:43:24
by Robot