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friend who clears all dead growth, which enables her to fork over her beds and apply a winter mulch of well rotted manure and compost over the plants before winter really sets in. Is there a preferred method (from the plants/wildlife point of view

arrived everything died and look bare and horrendious.   i am wondering if anyone has any ideas on some affordable plants i can use that will at least attempt to survive all year, possibly flower if im not asking much.  i love to take photos of wildlife

- nothing!!  Remind me, why do we garden - and for whom ...........? To keep the wildlife happy, of course It's a tough one isn't it?   I like to share the garden with as much wildlife as possible - slugs excepted - so plant things that provide food

we'll need to back fill a bit more.We're going to have to put up a sign explaining that the pond will not have fish in it. It's a wildlife pond, and in my book fish and wildlife do not mix. And it's unlikely that frogs or toads will find their way

attention they had was to take off and pot a dozen runners for a friend who could not believe my crop last year. I too have had bowls of fruit from my small patch of strawberries, and the blueberries are just starting to turn deep blue. However, with next

that attracting them- scatter them around the plants-birds will not eat the pellets but if you are worried about that then wildlife friendly pellets are available Thank you, Sotongeoff, I will give that a go, and in the meantime sow lots more in pots to put out

and toads. And what's on the menu for these visiting friends? Slugs!It's been a month of drizzly weather (a typical British summer, but that's another story), and just perfect for salads. The one saving grace is that I haven't needed to find another 30

today and he told me that there are no other ponds nearby and he's only ever seen a few frogs in yrs. it's left me a bit disheartened, however I will hope for the best that we attract something to the garden.  Yes, you will attract wildlife.  Frogs

There currently appears to be the largest quantity of ladybird pupae I've ever seen in my garden. I'm not sure whether they are pupae of the standard UK ladybirds or the notorious harlequin, but they are here in force. Just the other day a friend

2007 will be remembered as a very good year for wasps. But before people start complaining about their vicious stings and bad tempers, I must point out that wasps are actually our friends. After birds and spiders, they are the most important insect