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Are sterile plants any good for wildlife?
't pull them out, its a lovely plant and I bet they weren't cheap either. If everything other thin in the garden is benificial to wildlife then a couple of plants wont matter.  Find a friend that has some foxgloves in their garden and pinch a couple by Lunarz
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02/08/2012 15:05:24
by obelixx
Evergreen climbers
I have a wooden fence all around my garden And would like evergreen climbers for cover and wildlife.So any suggestions would be helpfull. Pyracantha, birds love the berries and lovely white flower clusters in June attract the insects. Would need by Tel3
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30/03/2013 20:00:10
by Zoomer44
Just saying hi and introducing myself :-)
to the birds and perhaps say hello to a couple of fellow plot holders.  We have all sorts of wildlife on our lottie site, deer, badgers, foxes, rabbits, moles, mice as well as a variety of birds including some buzzards over the back and, not forgetting by veggiepatch1
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23/04/2013 17:12:18
by graemegarden
Talkback: Building a pond
the machinery. Good luck. I have a friend whose landlord is getting rid of their wildlife pond (some past tenant put it in). It is a nasty black rigid thing but full of newts, frogs and invertebrates. I am just setting up a wildlife pond - what would by ramyaperera@virginme
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28/11/2011 18:41:02
by Lou
Talkback: Derelict gardens
Yea, appreciation, at last! I will tell Peter and the boys! I filled my front garden many years ago with shrubs, flowers,dwarf? trees and let it get on with attracting the wildlife and weeds in the few spaces. It teems with birds and insects by Allotment Robin
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28/11/2011 18:41:33
by kaycurtis
Wildlife pond advice
's wildlife garden. I always thought that a water pump was a massive no no, but it showed a small stream running into the pond, is there some type of wildlife friendly water pump? Also with what cufcskim posted is there a minimum size for a pond? Really you by johnnyfive
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23/06/2012 09:06:53
by Botticelliwoman
Talkback: Newts
. Is this true, or should I get some frogspawn from my friend's pond when it becomes available? Reply to ffbumblebeeThe best time to build a pond is in late autumn after rains have helped rehydrate the soil. This is nothing to do with wildlife, but makes by Daily Digger
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28/11/2011 18:38:09
by Richard Jones
Coverage of Hampton Court Flower Show
. So I say, keep banging on about gardening for wildlife, it's vital that people get the message.   Couldn't agree more with your sentiments. It was ten years ago a friend raised the awareness of gardening for wildlife and since then my garden has been by Lowenna
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13/07/2012 17:49:23
by lovetogarden
Talkback: Stinging nettles
previous poster said, they make excellent compost or liquid feed, depending on what you do with them.   They are also host to native insects so definitely a part of a wildlife friendly garden.   There is now a gel version of Roundup that you can use by Debs
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06/06/2012 09:19:59
by Laura Corin
Talkback: Bonsai trees
patch, my garden is wildlife friendly and full of flowers from borage and blue poppys to alpines, oh and i have a wildlife pond too. So I would suggest that Elsie and gardeners world research a subject properly before making rude and naive comment. Hi by rod
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08/07/2012 04:40:29
by pash