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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

Thanks for your comments, I've been thinking these thoughts for years, is it a marketing ploy for all of those companies who sell various attractive wildlife products to pretty-up our gardens, animals and wildlife would much prefer a wilderness to a

poles, must be very narrow, slowish growing and wildlife friendly, sun morning and evening in a dry, light neutral soil, open to the elements so must be 'hardy' and no more than about 2m tall. Can anyone help? honeysuckle most are deciduous but some

I'm just back from a weekend visiting an old friend in Banwell, near Weston-Super-Mare. Always envious of his rambling house and large walled garden, we got to talking over garden wildlife and the troubles of traipsing fox dung through the kitchen

your soil, so that plants have a better chance of surviving. Site and situation are also factors. There are wildlife friendly slug pellets available which are effective if used according to the instructions. Sort your soil first. I have just bought 3

I have a dry stone wall at the bottom of my garden and ivy (planted by the previous gardener) grows inside the wall. I have removed all the ivy from the ground but it grows well enough just in the wall. Although I know about wildlife and carbon

Has anyone heard of or used this?.It supposed to be a wildlife, pet friendly Slug Guard. Ive just googled it, its a granule 100% natural and for what i quickly looked at £6.95 for three litres so not a bad price either. I wonder if its available

hi i am a new gardener and i have just moved into a house with a messy front garden. i want it to look nice but also be wildlife friendly. the problem is that the garden is only 3 foot wide and seems to be in shade all day. hubby wants to pave

for something that will grow to a height of about 8', preferably native and attract wildlife. Any suggestions. ...you might like this one, it's Sambucus plumosa Aurea, a form of Elder.  I think the leaf colour would contrast with your blue flowering Ceanothus

://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=4151 - http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=1856 They all have an Award of Garden Merit form the RHS and none will get to more than 8 to 12 metres high.       How about crab apple? Long season of interest and wildlife friendly, too.